Qualifying report
DTM Monza
Monza DTM: Van der Linde beats Lawson to Sunday pole
Audi GT3 star Kelvin van der Linde claimed pole position for the second DTM race of the Monza season opener, beating Saturday winner Liam Lawson by 0.078s in a closely-contested qualifying.
Rachit Thukral
Edited: Jun 24, 2021, 3:50 PM
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Nurburgring 24 Hours winner van der Linde led throughout the 20-minute session in his Abt Sportsline R8 LMS, with his time of 1m46.604s from the first run proving to be good enough for a maiden pole in the revamped DTM series.
Red Bull protege Lawson didn’t set a competitive lap until the final five minutes of qualifying, but his first flyer - a 1m46.942s - was already good enough for a provisional third.
Then the Kiwi managed to find yet more time on his final lap, securing a spot on the front row of the grid with a 1m46.682s.
That denied the van der Linde brothers the chance to start at the front of the pack, with Rowe Racing BMW driver Sheldon having provisionally held second with a 1m46.834s until a late improvement from Lawson dropped him to third.
Nico Muller qualified fourth in the Team Rosberg Audi, just 0.004s adrift of the younger of the van der Linde brothers, as Esteban Muth made it four different manufacturers in the top with a time of 1m46.849s in the T3 Lamborghini.
Mercedes had locked out the top four spots on Saturday’s grid but following a 25kg weight penalty the German marque’s best qualifier was HRT driver Vincent Abril in sixth, albeit just 0.248s off the outright pace.
Lucas Auer, who finished outside the points yesterday after a slow pitstop, qualified right behind Abril in the Winward Mercedes, as Maximilian Gotz (HRT), Daniel Juncadella (GruppeM) and Philip Ellis (Winward) completed the top 10.
Marco Wittman qualified 11th in the sole Walkenhorst BMW, while Alex Albon finished 0.467s behind polesitter van der Linde in 12th in the second AF Corse-run Ferrari.
2013 champion Mike Rockenfeller ended up a disappointing 17th in the second of the three Abt Audis.
Qualifying results:
Cla # Driver Car Time Gap 1 3 Kelvin van der Linde
Audi R8 LMS Evo 1'46.604 2 30 Liam Lawson
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 1'46.682 0.078 3 31 Sheldon Van Der Linde
BMW M6 GT3 1'46.834 0.230 4 51 Nico Müller
Audi R8 LMS Evo 1'46.838 0.234 5 10 Esteban Muth
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 1'46.849 0.245 6 5 Vincent Abril
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 1'46.852 0.248 7 22 Lucas Auer
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 1'46.939 0.335 8 4 Maximilian Götz
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 1'46.944 0.340 9 8 Daniel Juncadella
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 1'46.964 0.360 10 57 Philip Ellis
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 1'46.967 0.363 11 11 Marco Wittmann
BMW M6 GT3 1'47.044 0.440 12 23 Alex Albon
Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 1'47.071 0.467 13 16 Timo Glock
BMW M6 GT3 1'47.163 0.559 14 36 Arjun Maini
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 1'47.390 0.786 15 18 Maximilian Buhk
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 1'47.490 0.886 16 26 Esmee Hawkey
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 1'47.540 0.936 17 9 Mike Rockenfeller
Audi R8 LMS Evo 1'47.592 0.988 18 12 Dev Gore
Audi R8 LMS Evo 1'47.647 1.043 19 99 Sophia Flörsch
Audi R8 LMS Evo 1'48.142 1.538 View full results
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