Kelvin van der Linde took DTM pole for the third time this season for Audi Abt Sportsline, with a 1:26.052, for the race first race of the weekend at the Nurburgring, as the championship leader looks to further extend his points advantage.
Philip Ellis slotted into second, two tenths back from the South African, for Mercedes-AMG Team Winward. In third, Marco Witmmann made it three German manufacturers in the top 3, with the BMW Walkenhorst driver just 0.059 off Ellis.
In fourth was another Mercedes-AMG driver, Daniel Juncadella, just 22 thousandths off Wittmann. Luca Stolz lines up in fifth, just one thousandth of a second off Juncadella, while Maximillan Götz took sixth, again 0.082 off Stolz in a close session for everyone.
Christopher Haase will line up seventh, with Esteban Muth alongside him. Alex Albon sits eighth on the grid, with Maximillian Buhk behind him. Liam Lawson, van der Linde’s main championship challenger, will start 11th after setting exactly the same time as Buhk, a 1:26.511.
Arjun Maini will start 12th, with Vincent Abril alongside. Christian Klien is 14th, with Lucas Auer in 15th.
DTM veteran Mike Rockenfeller will start 16th, while Nico Müller lines up 17th, with Sheldon van der Linde alongside him in 18th. Markus Winkelhock will start 19th – at the same track he lead his one and only F1 race – with Michael Ammermüller in 20th.
Esmee Hawkey lines up 21st, with Timo Glock alongside. Hubert Haupt rounds out the grid in 23rd.
