Walkenhorst driver Wittmann had simply gone to the highest of the timesheets when Rowe Racing’s Timo Glock stopped on the observe with an obvious technical challenge on his BMW M6 GT3.
With simply over two minutes left on the clock, the session was not restarted, granting Wittmann his first pole place within the DTM since Manufacturers Hatch in 2019.
The German driver’s chart-topping time of 1m26.687s was comfortably the quickest lap of the weekend, over two tenths away from the Winward Mercedes of Lucas Auer, who booked a spot alongside him on the entrance row of the grid.
2013 champion Mike Rockenfeller was Audi’s prime qualifier in third, simply forward of Abt Sportsline team-mate and championship chief Kelvin van der Linde. Each will carry heavy ballasts on their automobiles after ending second and first respectively in Saturday’s opening race.
GruppeM Mercedes driver Daniel Juncadella held the highest spot for a lot of the primary run with a 1m27.452s, however slipped to fifth within the closing classifications, however forward of the Crew Rosberg Audi of final yr’s championship runner-up Nico Muller.
Liam Lawson certified seventh within the lead Purple Bull-backed AF Corse Ferrari, ending almost a second off the tempo after being caught out by the late crimson flag triggered by Glock.
Liam Lawson, AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo.
Photograph by: Gruppe C GmbH
Ex-System 1 driver Christian Klien certified his JP Motorsport-run McLaren a superb eighth on the grid, having failed to interrupt inside the highest in his debut DTM qualifying on Saturday.
Maximilian Gotz (HRT) and Maximilian Buhk (Mucke) accomplished the highest 10, the 2 Mercedes drivers separated by lower than six hundredths of a second.
Esmee Hawkey loved her greatest qualifying within the DTM, a late enchancment to a 1m27.962s placing her T3 Lamborghini eleventh on the grid forward of the second Purple Bull Ferrari of Alex Albon.
Sheldon van der Linde certified down in sixteenth place, having not had a possibility to set a lap time within the second run after Glock’s sudden on-track stoppage.
Solely 19 automobiles took half in qualifying, with GetSpeed driver Arjun Maini pressured to sit down out the remainder of the weekend attributable to injury sustained to his Mercedes chassis in Saturday’s opening race.