Mercedes driver Maro Engel shines in treacherous conditions to take pole position at the Red Bull Ring, as most of the DTM title contenders struggle:
The track conditions were so poor at the start of qualifying that GruppeM driver Mikael Grenier crashed his Mercedes on his outlap, forcing race control to deploy red flags just a minute into the session.
Gotz made a small improvement on his next flying lap to solidify second position, as the remainder of the field struggled to break the 1m42s barrier in low-grip conditions. A decision was made not to restart the session after the red flag, granting Engel pole position for the second leg of the Austrian double header.
After a tough Saturday for BMW, Philipp Eng put his Schubert Motorsport M4 fourth on the grid ahead of Gotz with a time of 1m41.885s, just over a second down on Engel’s chart-stopping time.
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