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Edoardo Mortara tops the times in Red Bull Ring practice

#48 Edoardo Mortara, Audi RS5 DTMAudi’s Edoardo Mortara set the pace in first practice for the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) at the Red Bull Ring in Austria, finishing less than a tenth of a second ahead of Mercedes’ Gary Paffett.

Mortara was the fastest driver by 0.073 seconds, but it was Mercedes’ who made the strongest impact in the session, with the manufacturer getting five cars into the top seven positions.

Audi’s Timo Scheider was third quickest, ahead of four C63 AMG drivers, headed by Spaniard Daniel Juncadella in fourth. Paul di Resta was fifth, and the last driver within half a second of Mortara, ahead of Christian Vietoris and Lucas Auer.

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Reigning champion Marco Wittmann was the top BMW driver in eighth, with Audi’s Adrien Tambay and Mercedes’ Maximilian Götz completing the top ten.

Championship contenders Jamie Green and Pascal Wehrlein had a difficult session, with the Audi driver in 17th position, and the Mercedes driver just 21st. Wehrlein completed the fewest laps of any driver in the afternoon, suffering from a problematic left-rear wheel bearing on his car.

In total 22 cars were covered by less than a second, with only BMW trio Maxime Martin, Timo Glock and Martin Tomczyk outside the window.

Session results

POS NO DRIVER NAT ENTRANT CAR LAPS TIME GAP
1 48 Edoardo MORTARA Audi Sport Team Abt Audi RS5 DTM 25 1:25.585 0.000
2 2 Gary PAFFETT EURONICS / BWT Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM 20 1:25.658 0.073
3 10 Timo SCHEIDER Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi RS5 DTM 24 1:25.837 0.252
4 12 Daniel JUNCADELLA PETRONAS Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM 26 1:26.030 0.445
5 3 Paul di RESTA SILBERPFEIL Energy Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM 22 1:26.081 0.496
6 8 Christian VIETORIS gooix / Original-Teile Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM 17 1:26.106 0.521
7 22 Lucas AUER EURONICS / BWT Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM 24 1:26.113 0.528
8 1 Marco WITTMANN BMW Team RMG BMW M4 DTM 19 1:26.119 0.534
9 27 Adrien TAMBAY Audi Sport Team Abt Audi RS5 DTM 22 1:26.122 0.537
10 84 Maximilian GÖTZ PETRONAS Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM 23 1:26.188 0.603
11 13 António Félix da COSTA BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M4 DTM 21 1:26.202 0.617
12 31 Tom BLOMQVIST BMW Team RBM BMW M4 DTM 21 1:26.293 0.708
13 99 Mike ROCKENFELLER Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi RS5 DTM 27 1:26.298 0.713
14 18 Augusto FARFUS BMW Team RBM BMW M4 DTM 24 1:26.302 0.717
15 5 Mattias EKSTRÖM Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi RS5 DTM 20 1:26.334 0.749
16 51 Nico MÜLLER Audi Sport Team Rosberg Audi RS5 DTM 26 1:26.341 0.756
17 53 Jamie GREEN Audi Sport Team Rosberg Audi RS5 DTM 28 1:26.405 0.820
18 6 Robert WICKENS SILBERPFEIL Energy Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM 20 1:26.470 0.885
19 17 Miguel MOLINA Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi RS5 DTM 24 1:26.508 0.923
20 7 Bruno SPENGLER BMW Team MTEK BMW M4 DTM 22 1:26.559 0.974
21 94 Pascal WEHRLEIN gooix / Original-Teile Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM 11 1:26.584 0.999
22 36 Maxime MARTIN BMW Team RMG BMW M4 DTM 21 1:26.593 1.008
23 16 Timo GLOCK BMW Team MTEK BMW M4 DTM 25 1:26.825 1.240
24 77 Martin TOMCZYK BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M4 DTM 19 1:26.978 1.393

Complete session results.

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