Di Resta frustrated to start in fifth at Valencia

BATHGATE'S Paul di Resta will start fifth on the grid in his Mercedes for today's second round of the DTM (German Touring Car) Championship in Valencia after narrowly missing out on the top-four shoot-out.

The 24-year-old Scot, said: "I missed out on a top-four slot by just 0.038secs, and that's frustrating as I had a car fast enough for pole."

Audi's former champ Mattias Ekstrom starts from pole after edging out the Mercedes of Bruno Spengler by just 0.016s. Audi's Oliver Jarvis and Mercedes' Gary Paffett start third and fourth.

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