Lamborghini driver Luca Engstler on DTM pole position at Hockenheim

Pole position for Lamborghini works driver Luca Engstler! At the wheel of the ABT Sportsline Lamborghini Temerario GT3, Engstler completed a lap in 1:47.048 minutes to secure the top spot on the grid for the first race of the DTM finale at Hockenheim. This is Engstler’s first pole position in the DTM.

Lucas Auer secured second place in the Landgraf Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3. He was 0.407 seconds off the fastest time.

Championship leader Thomas Preining completes the top three. This makes Preining the highest-placed driver in the title race. Maro Engel is on the seventh grid position, with Marco Wittmann in eleventh. Preining has thus extended his lead at the top of the standings by one place.

Just like the qualifying session in the ADAC GT Masters, the DTM qualifying took place on a drying track, which turned the circuit into a slippery mess and made tyre choice a game of poker.

DTM Hockenheimring Qualifying 1 results (Top 10):

1. Luca Engstler – ABT Sportsline – Lamborghini Temerario GT3

2. Lucas Auer – Landgraf Motorsport – Mercedes-AMG GT3

3. Thomas Preining – Manthey Racing – Porsche 911 GT3 R

4. Thierry Vermeulen – Emil Frey Racing – Ferrari 296 GT3

5. Ricardo Feller – Manthey Racing – Porsche 911 GT3 R

6. Mirko Bortolotti – Grasser Racing Team – Lamborghini Temerario GT3

7. Maro Engel – WINWARD Racing – Mercedes-AMG GT3

8. Marco Mapelli – ABT Sportsline – Lamborghini Temerario GT3

9. Tom Kalender – Landgraf Motorsport – Mercedes-AMG GT3

10. Bastian Buus – Land-Motorsport – Porsche 911 GT3 R

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