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Kelvin Van der Linde clinches second DTM pole at Monza

The South African Kelvin Van der Linde has scored the pole of the day on Sunday in Monza and can begin within the lead within the second race of the DTM’s GT3 period. The Abt Sportsline rider posted a time of 1: 46,604 in the midst of the qualifying session, a report that nobody has been in a position to beat. Within the final bars Liam Lawson has assaulted the second place with the Ferrari # 30, thus persevering with their victory on Saturday. For its half, Sheldon Van der Linde was third with the BMW # 31, so he’ll begin proper within the wake of his brother.

After the primary couple of minutes of scoring, Mike Rockenfeller and Nico Müller confirmed the great stage of the Audi R8 LMS GT3. Nonetheless, the perfect lap of the classification didn’t arrive till the half of the session. Shortly earlier than the primary ten minutes of coaching are accomplished, Kelvin Van der Linde signed the ultimate 1: 46.706 that was properly value a pole. No person was able to surpassing the bar imposed by the South African rider within the second half of the ‘qualy’, even when Liam Lawson went 78 thousandths within the final moments of the session with the Ferrari # 30 of AF Corse.

Liam Lawson continued his victory on Saturday with second place in Sunday qualifying.

The ultimate lap of the winner of Saturday’s race prevented the double of the Van der Linde brothers and Sheldon needed to accept third place after setting an excellent lap with the BMW # 31. All in all, the South African driver will be comfortable, as his third place was a matter of a breath, with as much as 4 drivers in lower than 20 thousandths. Most equality that has moved to a ‘high 10’ outlined in little greater than three tenths, wherein Nico Müller has been fourth with the Audi of Group Rosberg, whereas Esteban Muth has crept fifth with the Lamborghini # 10.

Liam Lawson wins first DTM race under GT3 regulations at Monza

Liam Lawson wins the primary DTM race underneath GT3 laws at MonzaRead information

Inside this state of affairs of huge equality, Vincent Abril completed sixth, a really totally different consequence than the pole obtained on Saturday. For his half, Lucas Auer was seventh with the primary of the Winward workforce Mercedes, all after beating Maximilian Götz by simply 5 thousandths. Inside Mercedes’ makeshift ‘platoon’ from sixth to tenth place, Dani Juncadella has taken the ninth place with the Mercedes # eight of GruppeM RacingAll after setting a lap three thousandths sooner than the one recorded by the Swiss Philip Ellis within the second GT3 of Group Winward.

Classification 2 outcomes of the DTM 2021 in Monza

P.
Pilot
Automobile
Group
Climate
1st
Kelvin Van der Linde
Audi R8 LMS GT3
Abt Sportsline
1: 46.604
2nd
Liam Lawson
Ferrari 488 GT3
AF Corse
+0.078
third
Sheldon Van der Linde
BMW M6 GT3
ROWE Racing
+0.230
4th Nico Müller
Audi R8 LMS GT3
Group Rosberg
+ 0.2345º Esteban Muth
Lamborghini Huracán GT3
T3 Motorsport
+ 0.2456ºVincent April
Mercedes-AMG GT3HRT
+ 0.2487ºLucas Auer
Mercedes-AMG GT3
Winward
+0.335
eighth Maximilian Götz
Mercedes-AMG GT3
HRT
+ 0.3409º Dani Juncadella
Mercedes-AMG GT3
GruppeM Racing
+ 0.36010ºPhilip Ellis
Mercedes-AMG GT3
Winward
+0.363

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