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Lucas Auer heads Mercedes 1-2-3 in Zandvoort first practice

Lucas Auer topped the time sheets in the first Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters practice session of the race weekend at Circuit Park Zandvoort, leading a Mercedes top three ahead of title contenders Edoardo Mortara and Gary Paffett.

The top three were separated by 0.121 seconds, ahead of a closely-packed grid, with the top sixteen split by less than a second after the 30-minute session.

Nico Müller was the best of the Audi Sport contingent, posting the fourth fastest time of a 1:32.520 around the 4.307-km circuit, with Loïc Duval rounding out the top five.

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2015 champion Pascal Werhlein was the next best placed driver from Stuttgart in sixth place, whilst none of the BMW ranks made it into the top ten.

Defending champion René Rast was seventh, ahead of Ingolstadt stable mate Mike Rockenfeller, who crashed out with just under five minutes left, with the remaining C63 AMG Coupés of both Paul Di Resta and Daniel Juncadella rounding out the top ten.

Local driver Robin Frijns was able to finish 11th at the end of the session, as the Dutchman guided his RS5 DTM to a best effort of a 1:32.991, 0.595 seconds off the pace set by Auer.

Norisring race two winner Marco Witmann was the best of the Munich drivers down in twelfth, ahead of Team Rosberg’s Jamie Green.

Philipp Eng and Joel Eriksson were slower than the Briton, but were under investigation along with Frijns for slow zone infringements, whilst Timo Glock, Bruno Spengler and Augusto Farfus completed the time sheets.

Free practice two gets underway at 0920 CET (BST + 1 hour), lasting for 30 minutes.

Session results

POS NO DRIVER NAT ENTRANT CAR LAPS TIME GAP
1 22 Lucas AUER SILBERPFEIL Energy Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM 19 1:32.396 0.000
2 48 Edoardo MORTARA SILBERPFEIL Energy Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM 20 1:32.452 0.056
3 2 Gary PAFFETT Mercedes-AMG Motorsport PETRONAS Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM 15 1:32.517 0.121
4 51 Nico MÜLLER Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi RS5 DTM 18 1:32.520 0.124
5 28 Loïc DUVAL Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi RS5 DTM 18 1:32.751 0.355
6 94 Pascal WEHRLEIN Mercedes-AMG Motorsport PETRONAS Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM 20 1:32.754 0.358
7 33 René RAST Audi Sport Team Rosberg Audi RS5 DTM 17 1:32.777 0.381
8 99 Mike ROCKENFELLER Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi RS5 DTM 14 1:32.795 0.399
9 3 Paul DI RESTA Mercedes-AMG Motorsport REMUS Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM 20 1:32.899 0.503
10 23 Daniel JUNCADELLA Mercedes-AMG Motorsport REMUS Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM 19 1:32.904 0.508
11 4 Robin FRIJNS Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi RS5 DTM 20 1:32.991 0.595
12 11 Marco WITTMANN BMW Team RMG BMW M4 DTM 14 1:33.043 0.647
13 53 Jamie GREEN Audi Sport Team Rosberg Audi RS5 DTM 19 1:33.161 0.765
14 25 Philipp ENG BMW Team RMR BMW M4 DTM 18 1:33.173 0.777
15 47 Joel ERIKSSON BMW Team RBM BMW M4 DTM 15 1:33.322 0.926
16 16 Timo GLOCK BMW Team RMR BMW M4 DTM 17 1:33.380 0.984
17 7 Bruno SPENGLER BMW Team RBM BMW M4 DTM 18 1:33.546 1.150
18 15 Augusto FARFUS BMW Team RMG BMW M4 DTM 8 1:34.799 2.403
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