Mercedes' Maro Engel beat BMW duo Sheldon van der Linde and Marco Wittmann to pole position in the DTM qualifying at Zandvoort. Full report and results:
Factory Mercedes driver Maro Engel claimed his second career pole in DTM in Saturday’s qualifying at Zandvoort, beating reigning champion Sheldon van der Linde.Having already topped the two practice sessions on Friday, Engel was also unbeaten in the 20-minute pole shootout on Saturday morning as he clinched the top spot with a time of 1m32.585s in his Landgraf Mercedes AMG GT3.
However, Owega’s reign on top turned out to be short-lived, with his more experienced team-mate Engel finding another four tenths to snatch provisional pole. Second place nevertheless respected a marked turnaround for van der Linde and BMW after the South African qualified 19th and 15th for the two races at Oschersleben.
Albert Costa, who is replacing Jack Aitken at Emil Frey Racing Ferrari this weekend, qualified a strong fifth on his debut, beating the second SSR Lamborghini of Mirko Bortolotti by 0.008s.
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