The session was delayed by seven minutes to permit the monitor to dry out fully, though some moist patches had been nonetheless seen when the pitlane was opened at 10:07 native time.
Rowe Racing BMW driver Timo Glock was the primary driver to interrupt the 1m30s barrier because the monitor continued to evolve, earlier than Workforce Rosberg’s Nico Muller set the quickest time of the weekend – a 1m27.735s – to place Audi on prime.
There was extra time to be discovered within the first runs, with Mike Rockenfeller lapping the Belgian circuit in 1m27.548s to steer his Abt Sportsline Audi team-mate Kelvin van der Linde.
When the drivers returned on monitor for the ultimate 5 minutes of the session the monitor had dried out additional, paving the way in which for extra late enhancements.
Rockenfeller improved on his personal benchmark to strengthen his place, earlier than Sheldon van der Linde snatched the highest spot within the second of the Rowe Racing BMWs with a 1m27.499s.
HRT Mercedes driver Gotz then moved the goalposts additional, a 1m27.054s transferring him almost half a second away from the remainder of the sphere.
Nonetheless, that point didn’t show to be sufficient for pole, with van der Linde outpacing him by simply 0.021s to prime qualifying for the second time this yr.
Two-time DTM champion Marco Wittmann loved his finest qualifying end of the 2021 season, ending up simply over a tenth off the tempo in third place behind Gotz.
Pink Bull Components 1 reserve Alex Albon likewise put collectively his finest one-lap efficiency of the yr, a 1m27.225s placing him on the skin of the second row in fourth.
However Albon will begin the primary race from ninth place after being hit with a five-place grid penalty for rushing underneath a purple flag in Friday apply.
Alex Albon, AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo.
Picture by: DTM
Gotz’s team-mate Vincent Abril certified one other 0.035s adrift in fifth place, transferring as much as fourth with Albon’s penalty, whereas Rockenfeller slipped behind Gotz within the last classification regardless of bettering to 1m27.256s with a late flyer.
Lausitzring Race 1 winner Philip Ellis (Winward Mercedes) and T3 Motorsport driver Esteban Muth will begin sixth and seventh respectively later this Saturday, the latter working a particular artwork livery on his Lamborghini designed by Princess Delphine of Belgium.
Muller ended up ninth, as much as eighth with Albon’s penalty, in the perfect of the Workforce Rosberg Audis with an an identical time to Muth, whereas Liam Lawson might handle solely tenth within the second of the 2 AF Corse Ferraris.
Ex-F1 driver and Christian Klien certified in sixteenth and over a second off the tempo on McLaren’s debut within the DTM, regardless of a BoP increase handed to the only JP Motorsport entry after the primary apply on Friday.
The sector was propped up by Glock, the 39-year-old categorized twentieth and final with a time of 1m28.529s.