Reigning TCR Germany champion Harald Proczyk secured pole position ahead of title rival Mike Halder by just under a tenth at Most.

It marked Proczyk’s second consecutive pole position, as the only driver to breach under the 1:40s mark with his benchmark of 1:39.969, which championship leader Mike Halder sat 0.080s adrift of.

Heading the second row was fellow Hyundai runner Max Hesse with an impressive performance from Julien Apotheloz’s to place his CUPRA fourth.

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Next was Dominik Fugel’s Honda, which nearly topped Q1, heading the three Hyundais of Theo Coicaud, Jessica Bäckman and Lucas Niederscheider in sixth, seventh and eighth respectively.

Notably, Bäckman makes a one-off outing in the series this weekend, while Niederscheider will be disappointed with eighth after topping Q1.

Antti Buri’s LMS Racing Audi was ninth, while Bradley Burns’ Team Pyro Motorsport Honda completed the top ten.

The opening race of the weekend at Most is scheduled to get underway at 11:45 CEST (10:45 BST) tomorrow [18 May.]

Q2 results

POS NO DRIVER NAT ENTRANT CAR LAPS TIME GAP 1 1 Harald PROCZYK HP Racing International Hyundai i30 N TCR 5 1:39.969 0.000 2 7 Mike HALDER Profi-Car Team Honda ADAC Sachsen Honda Civic Type R FK8 TCR 4 1:40.049 0.080 3 19 Max HESSE Hyundai Team Engstler Hyundai i30 N TCR 4 1:40.345 0.376 4 22 Julien APOTHÉLOZ TOPCAR Sport CUPRA TCR 4 1:40.448 0.479 5 88 Dominik FUGEL Profi-Car Team Honda ADAC Sachsen Honda Civic Type R FK8 TCR 5 1:40.516 0.547 6 27 Theo COICAUD Hyundai Team Engstler Hyundai i30 N TCR 6 1:40.580 0.611 7 101 Jessica BÄCKMAN Hyundai Team Engstler 2 Hyundai i30 N TCR 5 1:40.682 0.713 8 42 Lukas NIEDERTSCHEIDER HP Racing International Hyundai i30 N TCR 5 1:40.734 0.765 9 13 Antti BURI LMS Racing Audi RS3 LMS TCR 5 1:40.772 0.803 10 6 Bradley BURNS Team Pyro Motorsport Honda Civic Type R FK8 TCR 6 1:40.887 0.918 11 41 Steve KIRSCH IMC Motorsport Opel Astra TCR 4 1:41.098 1.129 12 53 Michelle HALDER Profi-Car Team Halder Honda Civic Type R FK8 TCR 6 1:41.250 1.281

Q1 results