Kelvin van der Linde won DTM race 1 at Zolder from pole in the #3 Audi Team ABT Sportsline, ahead of teammate Mike Rockenfeller in the sister #9 Audi Team ABT Sportsline in a 1-2 for the Audi team.
Alex Albon finished third in the #23 Ferrari AlphaTauri AF Corse, after leading a portion of the race before making his mandatory pitstop. He had pace, too, setting the fastest lap, a 1:27.529, but just couldn’t find a way past Rockenfeller after exiting the pits just behind the German.
However, it was a disaster race for Albon’s teammate Liam Lawson, who sits second in the championship.
Lawson was taken out in a crash on the first lap involving, among others, Dani Juncadella and Arjun Maini, meaning he scored no points and enabling championship leader Kelvin van der Linde to significantly extend his championship lead.
Vincent Abril finished fourth in the #5 Mercedes-AMG Team HRT, with Marco Wittmann in fifth for Walkenhorst Motorsport. 19-year-old Esteban Muth finished sixth in the #10 Lamborghini T3 Motorsport, with the #4 Mercedes-AMG Team HRT car of Maxi Gӧtz in seventh.
The two Mercedes-AMG Team Winward cars finished eighth and ninth, with #57, driven by Philip Ellis in front of Lucas Auer in #22. Finally, Nico Müller took tenth in the #51 Audi Team Rosberg Audi.
| # | Driver | Car | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kelvin van der Linde | Audi R8 LMS Evo | |
| 2 | Mike Rockenfeller | Audi R8 LMS Evo | 0.696 |
| 3 | Alex Albon | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 | 1.786 |
| 4 | Vincent Abril | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 21.978 |
| 5 | Marco Wittmann | BMW M6 GT3 | 24.554 |
| 6 | Esteban Muth | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 25.140 |
| 7 | Maximilian Götz | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 26.466 |
| 8 | Philip Ellis | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 27.333 |
| 9 | Lucas Auer | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 27.846 |
| 10 | Nico Müller | Audi R8 LMS Evo | 28.170 |
| 11 | Timo Glock | BMW M6 GT3 | 41.277 |
| 12 | Christian Klien | McLaren 720S GT3 | 42.111 |
| 13 | Esmee Hawkey | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | 43.678 |
| 14 | Sheldon Van Der Linde | BMW M6 GT3 | 43.859 |
| 15 | Dev Gore | Audi R8 LMS Evo | 43.892 |
| 16 | Sophia Flörsch | Audi R8 LMS Evo | 1’05.693 |
| 17 | Maximilian Buhk | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 5 Laps |
| 18 | Daniel Juncadella | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 38 Laps |
| 19 | Liam Lawson | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 | 38 Laps |
| 20 | Arjun Maini | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | |
