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
| 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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