The Porsche 911 GT3 R had been very strong in free practice at Spa and in qualifying, on a wet track, they confirmed it. Dennis Olsen has achieved the first pole of the DTM on the Belgian track. Thomas Preining has been second.
The Porsche 911 GT3 R had been the strongest vehicles in the two practice sessions on Friday, on dry asphalt. Under very different conditions, with wet trackwas also the benchmark car in the first DTM qualifying at Spa-Francorchamps. Condition that has allowed Dennis Olsen to achieve his first pole in the contest after beating Thomas Preining, also a Porsche driver.
Saturday’s DTM classification began on the Belgian track with a fairly wet track, which meant A headache for drivers and teams. Despite everything, the ‘status quo’ on the asphalt did not seem to change too much. The Porsche 911 GT3 R were once again the fastestalthough the Mercedes-AMG GT3 was consolidated as a great alternative according to the final result.
Dennis Olsen has achieved his first pole position in the DTM. The Norwegian has been on the podium twice this season
With a lap of 2:30.488, Olsen imposed his law to get his first pole in the series and give shape to a 100% Porsche grill front row, since Thomas Preining will start second. Behind them have been placed Lucas Auer and Maximilian Götz with the Mercedes GT3, while the fifth position has been for local hero Laurens Vanthoor with the third of the Porsches.
Maro Engel and David Schumacher They have completed the alternation between the GT3 of the Stuttgart brands by placing in sixth and seventh place. For its part, Kelvin Van der Linde has taken the eighth position, all after cause a period of ‘Full Course Yellow’ after getting away with the Audi #3 and ending up in the gravel, a trap from which he finally managed to free himself.
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succession of incidents
Van der Linde leaving the track with Audi #3 It has been the most cumbersome, since it has caused the neutralization by ‘FCY’. However, the South African driver’s mistake has only been the foretaste of a final stretch of qualifying in which there has been various runway exits and braking passesalmost all of them without consequences.
The only noteworthy mishap was Dev Gore’s ‘excursion’ with the #12 Audi, since the young driver has also been trapped in the gravel. Also, with the checkered flag already displayed, Felipe Fraga did a spin in the last chicane of the circuit, which prevented him from improving his time with the Ferrari #74 of the AF Corse team.
Leaders leave behind
In the key to the fight for the title, a large part of the strongest drivers will start in delayed positions. Without going further, leader Sheldon Van der Linde will start 22ndtwo places behind Mirko Bortolotti, his main pursuer in the general classification. Only Lucas Auer, who is the third party, radically breaks this trend..
Nico Müller will start tenth, one place ahead of René Rast. German Luca Stolz, who is positioned between both Audi drivers overall, positioned between both Audi drivers overall, still makes it from further back by starting in fifteenth place. One place ahead will start the race Ricardo Feller.
Results CLASSIFICATION 1 of the DTM 2022 in Spa-Francorchamps
The first DTM race at Spa-Francorchamps takes place this Saturday at 1:30 p.m. will be able to see on the official YouTube channel of the championship.
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