Qualifying report

DTM Red Bull Ring: Kelvin van der Linde claims pole for Race 2

After a difficult Saturday, BMW strikes back in Spielberg, with van der Linde taking pole position

Kelvin van der Linde bounced back in Sunday's second qualifying after a retirement on Saturday, claiming his 10th career DTM pole at the Red Bull Ring.

The German-South African set a best time of 1m27.575s to put his Schubert BMW M4 GT3 at the front of the grid.

He benefited from a Balance of Performance (BoP) adjustment made in the morning, but his lap time was 0.172s slower than Maro Engel's lap record from the previous day.

The biggest sensation, however, was HRT rookie Finn Wiebelhaus. The 21-year-old Road to DTM winner from last year qualified second in his Ford Mustang GT3 Evo, just 0.085 seconds behind the polesitter.

Behind, Local hero Lucas Auer (+0.093s) was the best Mercedes-AMG driver, taking third place, with Saturday's unlucky drivers Jules Gounon (+0.105s) and Engel (+0.134s) ending up fourth and fifth respectively in their Winward-Mercedes.

The next surprise came in sixth place, with Land rookie Bastian Buus ending up just +0.137s off pole position. His team has been using the Porsche 911 GT3 Evo for the first time this season, having entered an Audi last year.

Porsche team Manthey, which secured the opening victory on Saturday thanks to local hero Thomas Preining, suffered a setback. Preining, who also had to carry 20 kilograms of ballast on Sunday, finished 0.491 seconds behind in 14th, while team-mate Ricardo Feller (+0.554) could only manage 16th place.

Things went even worse for Lamborghini, which once again found itself at the back of the field with the new Temerario GT3.

Mirko Bortolotti finished 18th for the Grasser team in its home race, 0.803s behind the polesitter. Abt newcomer Luca Engstler was 1.269 seconds back in 19th place, despite the car receiving slightly more boost.

Q2

All Stats

Cla	Driver	#	Car	Laps	Time	Interval	km/h
1	K. van der Linde Schubert Motorsport	3	BMW M4 GT3 Evo	10	1'27.575		177.502
2	F. Wiebelhaus HRT Ford Performance	64	Ford Mustang GT3 Evo	8	+0.085 1'27.660	0.085	177.330
3	L. Auer Mercedes-AMG Team Landgraf	22	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	10	+0.093 1'27.668	0.008	177.314
4	J. Gounon Mercedes-AMG Team Mann-Filter	48	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	8	+0.105 1'27.680	0.012	177.290
5	M. Engel Mercedes-AMG Team Ravenol	80	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	9	+0.134 1'27.709	0.029	177.231
6	B. Buus Land-Motorsport	29	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2)	8	+0.137 1'27.712	0.003	177.225
7	N. Thiim Comtoyou Racing	7	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo	9	+0.196 1'27.771	0.059	177.106
8	B. Dörr Dörr Motorsport	25	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	10	+0.225 1'27.800	0.029	177.047
9	M. Wittmann Schubert Motorsport	11	BMW M4 GT3 Evo	9	+0.359 1'27.934	0.134	176.778
10	T. Kalender Mercedes-AMG Team Landgraf	84	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	11	+0.373 1'27.948	0.014	176.749
11	M. Cairoli Emil Frey Racing	14	Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo	9	+0.435 1'28.010	0.062	176.625
12	T. Vermeulen Emil Frey Racing	69	Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo	9	+0.454 1'28.029	0.019	176.587
13	T. Glock Dörr Motorsport	16	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	11	+0.472 1'28.047	0.018	176.551
14	T. Preining Manthey Racing	91	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2)	9	+0.485 1'28.060	0.013	176.525
15	A. Maini HRT Ford Performance	36	Ford Mustang GT3 Evo	8	+0.491 1'28.066	0.006	176.513
16	R. Feller Manthey Racing	90	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2)	10	+0.554 1'28.129	0.063	176.386
17	N. Baert Comtoyou Racing	8	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo	8	+0.763 1'28.338	0.209	175.969
18	M. Bortolotti TGI Team Lamborghini by GRT	19	Lamborghini Temerario GT3	9	+0.803 1'28.378	0.040	175.889
19	L. Engstler Red Bull Team Abt	130	Lamborghini Temerario GT3	9	+1.269 1'28.844	0.466	174.967
20	P. Maximilian TGI Team Lamborghini by GRT	63	Lamborghini Temerario GT3	9	+1.447 1'29.022	0.178	174.617
21	M. Mapelli Red Bull Team Abt	10	Lamborghini Temerario GT3	8	+1.510 1'29.085	0.063	174.494
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