Photo: ADAC Formel Masters
ADAC Formel Masters championship leader Mikkel Jensen confirmed his status as the runaway title favorite by claiming double pole in qualifying for round six at the Nurburgring.
The Dane took over at the top of the timesheets from Mucke’s Marvin Dienst in the beginning of the second half of the session and ensured double pole position with subsequent improvements.
It was a good session for Lotus rookies, with Joel Eriksson taking second overall and Dennis Marschall stealing third from Dienst in the final seconds of qualifying.
Dienst, however, will start ahead of Eriksson and Marschall in race two on second-best laps.
Jensen’s chief title rival Maximilian Gunther will start races one and two from fifth – a noted improvement from tenth in free practice. For both races, Gunther will be joined on row three by his rival’s rookie teammate Tim Zimmermann.
Practice pacesetter Fabian Schiller, rookies Luis-Enrique Breuer?and Nico Menzel and Mucke’s Kim-Luis Schramm make up the rest of the top ten for race one. For race two, Schiller, Breuer, Ralph Boschung and Schramm occupy rows four and five respectively.
Qualifying results
| Race 1 | Race 2 | ||||||
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time | Pos. | Driver | Team | Time |
| 1 | Mikkel Jensen | Neuhauser Racing | 1:32.148 | 1 | Mikkel Jensen | Neuhauser Racing | 1:32.380 |
| 2 | Joel Eriksson | Lotus | 1:32.323 | 2 | Marvin Dienst | Mucke Motorsport | 1:32.538 |
| 3 | Dennis Marschall | Lotus | 1:32.366 | 3 | Joel Eriksson | Lotus | 1:32.558 |
| 4 | Marvin Dienst | Mucke Motorsport | 1:32.499 | 4 | Dennis Marschall | Lotus | 1:32.690 |
| 5 | Maximilian Gunther | Mucke Motorsport | 1:32.669 | 5 | Maximilian Gunther | Mucke Motorsport | 1:32.823 |
| 6 | Tim Zimmermann | Neuhauser Racing | 1:32.732 | 6 | Tim Zimmermann | Neuhauser Racing | 1:32.870 |
| 7 | Fabian Schiller | Schiller Motorsport | 1:32.779 | 7 | Fabian Schiller | Schiller Motorsport | 1:32.958 |
| 8 | Luis-Enrique Breuer | Lotus | 1:32.823 | 8 | Luis-Enrique Breuer | Lotus | 1:32.966 |
| 9 | Nico Menzel | Schiller Motorsport | 1:32.947 | 9 | Ralph Boschung | Lotus | 1:33.113 |
| 10 | Kim-Luis Schramm | Mucke Motorsport | 1:33.057 | 10 | Kim-Luis Schramm | Mucke Motorsport | 1:33.176 |
| 11 | Ralph Boschung | Lotus | 1:33.073 | 11 | Nico Menzel | Schiller Motorsport | 1:33.180 |
| 12 | Igor Walilko | JBR | 1:33.370 | 12 | Igor Walilko | JBR | 1:33.401 |
| 13 | Philip Hamprecht | Mucke Motorsport | 1:33.627 | 13 | Philip Hamprecht | Mucke Motorsport | 1:33.645 |
| 14 | David Kolkmann | JBR | 1:33.767 | 14 | David Kolkmann | JBR | 1:33.882 |
| 15 | Giorgio Maggi | Mucke Motorsport | 1:33.891 | 15 | Giorgio Maggi | Mucke Motorsport | 1:33.914 |