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Kristensen secured second pole of the season
In an action-packed session, Tom Kristensen claimed the fourth pole-position of his DTM-career and the 31st pole for Audi with a lap time of 42.406 seconds. He will be lining up on the front row of the grid alongside British Mercedes-Benz-driver Jamie Green who was 0.248 seconds down. The final heat was interrupted after a severe crash by Heinz-Harald Frentzen who lost control of his Audi A4 DTM going into Paddock Hill Bend. At the same time, Mika Häkkinen hit the pitwall. Both cars were quite heavily damaged, but the drivers escaped unscathed.

The qualifying at a glance
12.37 h Qualifying starts, Bleekemolen is the first driver out on the track
12.38 h Fastest time for Bleekemolen 43.682, then Margaritis fastest with 43.395
12.40 h Christian Abt on top of the time sheets with 43.135, second fastest is Jean Alesi with 43.223
12.42 h Frentzen briefly off the track coming out of Paddock Hill Bend
12.43 h Frank Stippler is fastest with 43.107, Jamie Green then on top with 42.837
12.44 h Frank Stippler off the track at Paddock, but continues
12.49 h Green remains on top from Spengler, Kristensen, Tomczyk and Ekström
12.50 h End of the session. Green is fastest from Spengler, Kristensen and Tomczyk. Timo Scheider, Stefan Mücke, Jeroen Bleekemolen, Mathias Lauda, Susie Stoddart and Vanina Ickx fail to make the cut.
12.58 h Start of the next session, Pierre Kaffer is the first driver to go out on the track
13.00 h Jamie Green sets the fastest time of 42.674
13.03 h Jamie Green remains fastest from Bruno Spengler and Mika Häkkinen, Tom Kristensen is best-placed Audi-driver in fourth
13.06 h Frentzen off the track, continues
13.07 h Ekström improves from ninth to second with 42.706. Pierre Kaffer runs wide coming out of Paddock, but continues
13,08 h End of the session. Green is fastest from Ekström, Spengler, Häkkinen, Schneider, Kristensen, Tomczyk and Frentzen. Abt, Stippler, Kafer, Alesi, La Rosa and Margaritis don’t make it into the next session.
13.15 h Start of the final session, Ekström is the first driver to go out on the track.
13.17 h Massive crash by Heinz-Harald Frentzen going into Paddock Hill Bend. He escapes unscathed, the session is being stopped. Mika Häkkinen crashes into the pit wall at the main straight.
13.30 h Qualifying continues, five minutes to go. Tom Kristensen is the first driver to go out.
13.33 h Kristensen remains on top from Green, Frentzen, Spengler, Schneider, Ekström, Tomczyk and Häkkinen
13.34 h Ekström improves to fourth place
13.35 h End of the session, Kristensen is on pole from Green, Frentzen, Ekström, Spengler, Schneider, Tomczyk and Häkkinen.