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René Rast leads the way in dry second Nürburgring practice

Audi’s defending champion René Rast set the pace in second practice for the DTM at the Nürburgring, clocking two fast laps late in the session to go over two tenths faster than Mercedes’ Paul di Resta.

Under clear skies and on a dry track Rast clocked a time of 1 minute 22.086 seconds, some four seconds faster than in Friday’s wet first session, in the final two minutes of the session to put in the best lap.

Mercedes’ points leader Di Resta was second quickest, ahead of stable-mate Lucas Auer in third.

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Jamie Green was fourth fastest in his Team Rosberg Audi, ahead of Spaniard Daniel Juncadella in fifth, with the Spaniard having been on top of the times with just three minutes left before four drivers went ahead of his time.

Mike Rockenfeller put his Team Phoenix Audi in sixth, ahead of Mercedes title contender Gary Paffett in seventh, the Brit improving his time late on in the session to go just over three tenths shy of the pace.

Two-time champion Marco Wittmann was the best of the BMW drivers in eighth, four tenths off the pace at a circuit where he has twice won before.

Audi’s most recent pole-sitter Loïc Duval and BMW’s Timo Glock completed the top ten, which was separated by just under half a second. The entire field was covered by just over a second, with BMW’s Joel Eriksson propping up the timesheets in 18th place.

Qualifying is scheduled to get underway at 10:15 BST (11:15 CEST) followed by race one at 12:30 BST (13:30 CEST).

Session results

POS NO DRIVER NAT ENTRANT CAR LAPS TIME GAP
1 33 René RAST Audi Sport Team Rosberg Audi RS5 DTM 22 1:22.086 0.000
2 3 Paul DI RESTA Mercedes-AMG Motorsport REMUS Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM 20 1:22.316 0.230
3 22 Lucas AUER SILBERPFEIL Energy Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM 16 1:22.349 0.263
4 53 Jamie GREEN Audi Sport Team Rosberg Audi RS5 DTM 21 1:22.361 0.275
5 23 Daniel JUNCADELLA Mercedes-AMG Motorsport REMUS Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM 21 1:22.369 0.283
6 99 Mike ROCKENFELLER Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi RS5 DTM 21 1:22.388 0.302
7 2 Gary PAFFETT Mercedes-AMG Motorsport PETRONAS Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM 18 1:22.428 0.342
8 11 Marco WITTMANN BMW Team RMG BMW M4 DTM 15 1:22.491 0.405
9 28 Loïc DUVAL Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi RS5 DTM 17 1:22.499 0.413
10 16 Timo GLOCK BMW Team RMR BMW M4 DTM 15 1:22.574 0.488
11 51 Nico MÜLLER Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi RS5 DTM 19 1:22.586 0.500
12 7 Bruno SPENGLER BMW Team RBM BMW M4 DTM 14 1:22.596 0.510
13 94 Pascal WEHRLEIN Mercedes-AMG Motorsport PETRONAS Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM 19 1:22.686 0.600
14 48 Edoardo MORTARA SILBERPFEIL Energy Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM 15 1:22.706 0.620
15 25 Philipp ENG BMW Team RMR BMW M4 DTM 17 1:22.830 0.744
16 15 Augusto FARFUS BMW Team RMG BMW M4 DTM 16 1:22.860 0.774
17 4 Robin FRIJNS Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi RS5 DTM 18 1:23.060 0.974
18 47 Joel ERIKSSON BMW Team RBM BMW M4 DTM 17 1:23.200 1.114
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