BMW’s Maxime Martin has just claimed his first DTM pole position of the season at Hockenheim, watch him take pole in slow motion. Meanwhile, point’s leader Pascal Wehrlein only managed to qualify in 13th for the opening race.
The Mercedes driver finished the session with a time of 1m32.892s, some 0.255 seconds off Martin’s benchmark.
QUALIFYING TIMES:
| Pos | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Gap |
| 1 | Maxime Martin | RMG | BMW | 1m32.637s | – |
| 2 | Timo Scheider | Phoenix | Audi | 1m32.711s | 0.074s |
| 3 | Miguel Molina | Abt | Audi | 1m32.726s | 0.089s |
| 4 | Paul Di Resta | HWA | Mercedes | 1m32.766s | 0.129s |
| 5 | Jamie Green | Rosberg | Audi | 1m32.790s | 0.153s |
| 6 | Mike Rockenfeller | Phoenix | Audi | 1m32.793s | 0.156s |
| 7 | Mattias Ekstrom | Abt | Audi | 1m32.795s | 0.158s |
| 8 | Tom Blomqvist | RBM | BMW | 1m32.808s | 0.171s |
| 9 | Edoardo Mortara | Abt | Audi | 1m32.820s | 0.183s |
| 10 | Lucas Auer | ART | Mercedes | 1m32.828s | 0.191s |
| 11 | Antonio Felix da Costa | Schnitzer | BMW | 1m32.847s | 0.210s |
| 12 | Gary Paffett | ART | Mercedes | 1m32.889s | 0.252s |
| 13 | Pascal Wehrlein | HWA | Mercedes | 1m32.892s | 0.255s |
| 14 | Augusto Farfus | RBM | BMW | 1m32.905s | 0.268s |
| 15 | Adrien Tambay | Abt | Audi | 1m32.989s | 0.352s |
| 16 | Marco Wittmann | RMG | BMW | 1m33.041s | 0.404s |
| 17 | Maximilian Gotz | Mucke | Mercedes | 1m33.072s | 0.435s |
| 18 | Bruno Spengler | MTEK | BMW | 1m33.089s | 0.452s |
| 19 | Robert Wickens | HWA | Mercedes | 1m33.165s | 0.528s |
| 20 | Nico Muller | Rosberg | Audi | 1m33.283s | 0.646s |
| 21 | Timo Glock | MTEK | BMW | 1m33.382s | 0.745s |
| 22 | Martin Tomczyk | Schnitzer | BMW | 1m33.407s | 0.770s |
| 23 | Daniel Juncadella | Mucke | Mercedes | 1m33.511s | 0.874s |
| 24 | Christian Vietoris | HWA | Mercedes | 1m33.531s | 0.894s |
