While attending the WTCC event in Oschersleben, BMW Motorsport Director Mario Theissen released the following statement: “We said at the beginning of the year that we will continue offering touring cars in the future. In detail, we announced the development of a 1.6-litre Di turbocharged engine. This will be run in the MINI Countryman WRC from next year and will be available for BMW S2000 race cars as well.

Warm Up: Sun

Race 1: Sun

Race 2: Sun

Augusto FARFUS: “Oschersleben is a great circuit I like so much. Conditions were tricky so it was a bit of a lottery. I’m very happy to be on pole here though. It is important to put the car ahead into turn one so this is a big help for the race. We also had the performance in the dry so I think we can perform well in the race. Hopefully I can help bring the title to BMW.”

Augusto Farfus (1:38.070) claimed his second pole position of the season at Oschersleben today, the day after the Brazilian celebrated his 27th birthday. As the rain began to fall in Q2 Farfus put in two clean laps to take pole ahead of Chevrolet’s Rob Huff (1:38.176) and his BMW Team RBM teammate Andy Priaulx (1:38.186). Norbert Michelisz (1:38.634) was the best rookie in fifth, but will start 15th after a 10-position grid penalty imposed following the previous event in Brno.

Championship leader Yvan Muller emerged quickest in a damp second practice at Oschersleben today with his final lap of the 30-minute session, a 1:37.715. The lap times tumbled as the track dried out with Muller’s final lap over 11-seconds quicker than the first recorded time of the practice, Rob Huff’s 1:49.051. Alain Menu (1:37.886) was second quickest ahead of Tiago Monteiro (1:38.122).

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