Motorsport photoKelvin van der Linde bounced back in Sunday's second qualifying after a retirement on Saturday, claiming his 10th career DTM pole at the Red Bull Ring.The German-South African set a best time of 1m27.575s to put his Schubert BMW M4 GT3 at the front of the grid.He benefited from a Balance of Performance (BoP) adjustment made in the morning, but his lap time was 0.172s slower than Maro Engel's lap record from the previous day.The biggest sensation, however, was HRT rookie Finn Wiebelhaus. The 21-year-old Road to DTM winner from last year qualified second in his Ford Mustang GT3 Evo, just 0.085 seconds behind the polesitter.Behind, Local hero Lucas Auer (+0.093s) was the best Mercedes-AMG driver, taking third place, with Saturday's unlucky drivers Jules Gounon (+0.105s) and Engel (+0.134s) ending up fourth and fifth respectively in their Winward-Mercedes.The next surprise came in sixth place, with Land rookie Bastian Buus ending up just +0.137s off pole position.
His team has been using the Porsche 911 GT3 Evo for the first time this season, having entered an Audi last year.Porsche team Manthey, which secured the opening victory on Saturday thanks to local hero Thomas Preining, suffered a setback. Preining finished 14th, 0.491 seconds behind, while team-mate Ricardo Feller (+0.554) could only manage 16th place. Things went even worse for Lamborghini, which once again found itself at the back of the field with the new Temerario GT3.To read more Motorsport.com articles visit our website.