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Paul Di Resta fastest in very close final practice session

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Mercedes-AMG DTM’s Paul Di Resta was fastest during the final free practice session of the 2015 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) season, as he posted the best time of a 1:32.974 around the 4.574-km track.

In a session that saw Audi Sport have six of their RS5 DTMs in the top ten, two-time champion Timo Scheider led the Ingolstadt ranks, just 0.024 seconds behind the Scot, with first practice pace setter Jamie Green and title contender Edoardo Mortara rounding out the top four.

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The only major off-track excursion was that of Team RBM’s Tom Blomqvist, who went straight on into the gravel at Sachskurve with 90 seconds remaining. The Brit would be last at the end of a session, where all 24 drivers were separated by just 0.800 seconds.

Nico Müller showed good pace, as the Swiss driver placed fifth ahead of Miguel Molina. ART Grand Prix rookie Lucas Auer was seventh, 0.091 seconds off the pace.

Norisring race winner Robert Wickens was eighth, ahead of Team Abt Sportsline’s Mattias Ekström and 2013 champion Mike Rockenfeller, where the top ten was separated by 0.129 seconds overall.

Current points leader Pascal Wehrlein was 0.291 seconds off the pace in 12th, having the heaviest car on the grid.

The returning Daniel Juncadella would be in the top ten for the majority of the session, but the Spaniard would eventually end up 19th.

Outgoing champion Marco Wittmann’s difficult weekend continued, as the Team RMG driver was 0.588 seconds off the pace set by Di Resta in 17th.

BMW Motorsport endured a tough time during the 50-minute session, with their fastest driver being Augusto Farfus, with the Brazilian being 0.105 seconds outside the top ten.

Qualifying for the penultimate DTM race of the season starts at 1110 CEST (1010 BST), lasting for 20 minutes.

Session results

POS NO DRIVER NAT ENTRANT CAR LAPS TIME GAP
1 3 Paul di RESTA SILBERPFEIL Energy Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM 19 1:32.974 0.000
2 10 Timo SCHEIDER Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi RS5 DTM 19 1:32.998 0.024
3 53 Jamie GREEN Audi Sport Team Rosberg Audi RS5 DTM 20 1:33.000 0.026
4 48 Edoardo MORTARA Audi Sport Team Abt Audi RS5 DTM 19 1:33.044 0.070
5 51 Nico MÜLLER Audi Sport Team Rosberg Audi RS5 DTM 20 1:33.055 0.081
6 17 Miguel MOLINA Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi RS5 DTM 16 1:33.056 0.082
7 22 Lucas AUER EURONICS / BWT Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM 21 1:33.065 0.091
8 6 Robert WICKENS SILBERPFEIL Energy Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM 21 1:33.084 0.110
9 5 Mattias EKSTRÖM Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi RS5 DTM 16 1:33.099 0.125
10 99 Mike ROCKENFELLER Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi RS5 DTM 20 1:33.103 0.129
11 18 Augusto FARFUS BMW Team RBM BMW M4 DTM 19 1:33.208 0.234
12 94 Pascal WEHRLEIN gooix / Original-Teile Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM 18 1:33.265 0.291
13 27 Adrien TAMBAY Audi Sport Team Abt Audi RS5 DTM 20 1:33.303 0.329
14 7 Bruno SPENGLER BMW Team MTEK BMW M4 DTM 18 1:33.446 0.472
15 2 Gary PAFFETT EURONICS / BWT Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM 20 1:33.510 0.536
16 36 Maxime MARTIN BMW Team RMG BMW M4 DTM 19 1:33.512 0.538
17 1 Marco WITTMANN BMW Team RMG BMW M4 DTM 15 1:33.562 0.588
18 84 Maximilian GÖTZ PETRONAS Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM 21 1:33.568 0.594
19 12 Daniel JUNCADELLA PETRONAS Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM 19 1:33.659 0.685
20 13 António Félix da COSTA BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M4 DTM 17 1:33.670 0.696
21 16 Timo GLOCK BMW Team MTEK BMW M4 DTM 16 1:33.676 0.702
22 77 Martin TOMCZYK BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M4 DTM 18 1:33.676 0.702
23 8 Christian VIETORIS gooix / Original-Teile Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM 20 1:33.754 0.780
24 31 Tom BLOMQVIST BMW Team RBM BMW M4 DTM 13 1:33.774 0.800

Complete session results.

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