One day after claiming pole position, Maxime Martin (BE) was again the fastest BMW driver in the second qualifying session in Hockenheim (DE). His fastest time of 1:32.826 minutes at the wheel of the SAMSUNG BMW M4 DTM was enough to earn him fifth place on the grid. Augusto Farfus (BR, Shell BMW M4 DTM) qualified tenth, to make it two BMW DTM drivers in the top ten. Pole position for the final race of the season went to Gary Paffett (GB, Mercedes).
Tom Blomqvist (GB, BMW M4 DTM) was 12th fastest, followed by Bruno Spengler (CA, BMW Bank M4 DTM) and Marco Wittmann (DE, Ice-Watch BMW M4 DTM) in 15th and 16th. António Félix da Costa (PT, Red Bull BMW M4 DTM), Timo Glock (DEUTSCHE POST BMW M4 DTM) and Martin Tomczyk (DE, BMW M Performance Parts M4 DTM) qualified 19th, 21st and 23rd.
