Hockenheim DTM: Dirk Werner quickest for BMW in practice
BMW driver Dirk Werner set the pace in free practice for the final round of the DTM at Hockenheim on Saturday morning
The German was not a regular fixture near the top of the timesheets, but took his Schnitzer Motorsport M3 around in a pace-setting 1m33.292s with four minutes remaining.
His lap knocked Adrien Tambay's Abt Audi off the top spot by 0.174s. 2012 champion Bruno Spengler made it Schnitzer cars first and third with a late lap.
A flurry of fast times around the 75-minute mark drastically changed the order. Zandvoort polesitter Marco Wittmann went fastest but fell to fourth by the finish, one spot ahead of his MTEK BMW team-mate Timo Glock.
New champion Mike Rockenfeller was sixth with Phoenix Audi team-mate Miguel Molina right behind and the fellow RS5s of Edoardo Mortara (Rosberg) and Timo Scheider (Abt) next up.
Martin Tomczyk, the 2011 champion, led briefly, but was ultimately knocked back to 10th in his RMG BMW.
Mercedes filled five of the bottom six positions, with HWA driver Robert Wickens going off at the Sachs Kurve with two minutes to go and coming to a stop next to the tyre barriers. He ended up 17th.
Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap 1. Dirk Werner Schnitzer BMW 1m33.282s 2. Adrien Tambay Abt Audi 1m33.456s +0.174s 3. Bruno Spengler Schnitzer BMW 1m33.507s +0.225s 4. Marco Wittmann MTEK BMW 1m33.545s +0.263s 5. Timo Glock MTEK BMW 1m33.564s +0.282s 6. Mike Rockenfeller Phoenix Audi 1m33.636s +0.354s 7. Miguel Molina Audi 1m33.655s +0.373s 8. Edoardo Mortara Rosberg Audi 1m33.722s +0.440s 9. Timo Scheider Abt Audi 1m33.745s +0.463s 10. Martin Tomczyk RMG BMW 1m33.768s +0.486s 11. Jamie Green Abt Audi 1m33.798s +0.516s 12. Andy Priaulx RMG BMW 1m33.857s +0.575s 13. Filipe Albuquerque Rosberg Audi 1m34.020s +0.738s 14. Gary Paffett HWA Mercedes 1m34.042s +0.760s 15. Mattias Ekstrom Abt Audi 1m34.075s +0.793s 16. Joey Hand RBM BMW 1m34.076s +0.794s 17. Robert Wickens HWA Mercedes 1m34.163s +0.881s 18. Augusto Farfus RBM BMW 1m34.194s +0.912s 19. Christian Vietoris HWA Mercedes 1m34.194s +0.912s 20. Pascal Wehrlein Mucke Mercedes 1m34.543s +1.261s 21. Roberto Merhi HWA Mercedes 1m34.587s +1.305s 22. Dani Juncadella Mucke Mercedes 1m35.159s +1.877s
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