Oschersleben DTM: Bruno Spengler keeps BMW on top

The Canadian, who - 18 points behind Gary Paffett with three races to go - went fastest in the final minute with a lap of 1m21.046s.

That was enough to knock Paffett's HWA Mercedes down to second spot by 0.120s and continue the Schnitzer team's domination of the weekend;
Paffett's HWA team-mate Ralf Schumacher was third fastest with Filipe Albuquerque the best of the Audi drivers - as he has been so often in practice this year - in fourth spot for Team Rosberg.

Jamie Green, who is Paffett's closest rival for the title, was fifth, with Christian Vietoris making it all four HWA drivers in the top six.

Mike Rockenfeller and were next up for the Phoenix and Rosberg Audi teams respectively while Werner and Adrien Tambay completed the top 10.

Reigning champion Martin Tomczyk, following an incident with Paffett at Zandvoort, saw his session end early.

He brought out the red flags during the second half of the session when the front-right suspension failed on his RMG BMW as he turned in for the quick chicane at the back of the circuit.

The German missed the second part of the chicane and was launched over the kerbs and into the gravel, where the car came to rest without hitting the tyre barriers.

Several drivers had already gone off the circuit by this point.

Andy Priaulx, Albuquerque and Werner all outbraked themselves at Turn 1 and were forced to execute spin-turns to rejoin the track, while Tambay and his Abt team-mate Timo Scheider both had high-speed grassy excursions exiting the esses.

Pos  Driver              Team/Car          Time       Gap
 1.  Bruno Spengler      Schnitzer BMW     1m21.046s
 2.  Gary Paffett        HWA Mercedes      1m21.166s  + 0.120s
 3.  Ralf Schumacher     HWA Mercedes      1m21.444s  + 0.398s
 4.  Filipe Albuquerque  Rosberg Audi      1m21.461s  + 0.415s
 5.  Jamie Green         HWA Mercedes      1m21.515s  + 0.469s
 6.  Christian Vietoris  HWA Mercedes      1m21.537s  + 0.491s
 7.  Mike Rockenfeller   Phoenix Audi      1m21.541s  + 0.495s
 8.  Edoardo Mortara     Rosberg Audi      1m21.573s  + 0.527s
 9.  Dirk Werner         Schnitzer BMW     1m21.577s  + 0.531s
10.  Adrien Tambay       Abt Audi          1m21.663s  + 0.617s
11.  Timo Scheider       Abt Audi          1m21.686s  + 0.640s
12.  Mattias Ekstrom     Abt Audi          1m21.693s  + 0.647s
13.  Augusto Farfus      RBM BMW           1m21.775s  + 0.729s
14.  Robert Wickens      Mucke Mercedes    1m21.784s  + 0.738s
15.  Miguel Molina       Phoenix Audi      1m21.846s  + 0.800s
16.  Roberto Merhi       Persson Mercedes  1m21.951s  + 0.905s
17.  Martin Tomczyk      RMG BMW           1m21.980s  + 0.934s
18.  Joey Hand           RMG BMW           1m22.043s  + 0.997s
19.  Andy Priaulx        RBM BMW           1m22.105s  + 1.059s
20.  David Coulthard     Mucke Mercedes    1m22.108s  + 1.062s
21.  Rahel Frey          Abt Audi          1m22.514s  + 1.468s
22.  Susie Wolff         Persson Mercedes  1m22.531s  + 1.485s