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Portimão – Qualifying 1: The first pole for Bortolotti, Loeb 21st
Mirko Bortolotti took the first pole position of the 2022 DTM season (Photo: Lamborghini)
The 2022 season of DTM was officially launched at 10:05 a.m. this Saturday, the start time of the first qualifying session of the year for the championship which begins its second year with GT3 regulations.
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In Portimão, where this first weekend of competition is taking place, it was Mirko Bortolotti who took pole position for race 1 in 1:39.678 with his Lamborghini Huracán. The Italian from GRT Grasser Racing beat the Mercedes AMG GT3 Evo of Mikaël Grenier (Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing) by just 0.011 seconds and Lucas Auer (Mercedes AMG Team Winward Racing) by 0.041 seconds.
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Weekend attraction, Sébastien Loeb took 21st place on the Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 from the team Red Bull Alpha Tauri AF Corse, 0.786 seconds behind the poleman. Race 1 will start at 13:30 p.m. French time.
Valentin GLO
Journalist. Endurance reporter (WEC, IMSA, ELMS, ALMS) and sometimes F1 or IndyCar.
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