Photo: TCR Germany

Eric Scalvini makes it two out of two poles at the Red Bull Ring

Eric Scalvini has continued his strong performance at the Red Bull Ring, claiming his second consecutive TCR Germany pole position for the second race of the weekend.

The Wimmer Werk Motorsport driver lapped the Austrian circuit in 1:36.424 with his Cupra León Competición, beating Fugel Sport driver Dominik Fugel by three tenths of a second.

Championship leader Luca Engstler made it three manufacturers in the top three for Hyundai team Engstler, 0.382 seconds from pole.

Honda driver Marcel Fugel was fourth fastest ahead of Lubner Motorsport driver Philipp Regensperger in fifth, six and seven tenths of a second behind respectively.

René Kircher (Volkswagen), Sandro Soubek (Audi) and Nico Gruber (Hyundai) rounded off the top eight.

The session was red flagged once when Cupra driver Christian Voithofer went off into the gravel at Turn 6.

The second race of the weekend at the Red Bull Ring starts at 15:05 CEST.