Complex sentence: Abt was two-tenths of a second quicker than the previous three drivers in the first sector and despite losing a small amount of time in the second sector took provisional pole position with a time of one minute and 2.711 seconds.
Split into simpler sentences: Abt was two-tenths of a second quicker than the previous three drivers in the first sector. Although he lost a small amount of time in the second sector, Abt took provisional pole position with a time of one minute and 2.711 seconds.