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Mattias Ekstrom quickest in DTM warm-up at the Nurburgring for Audi

Mattias Ekstrom confirmed that his qualifying pace was no fluke as he went quickest in DTM warm-up at the Nurburgring

The Swede's pace-setting 1m25.503s lap came midway through the session and was enough to put the Abt Audi driver on top by 0.155s from the old-spec Team Rosberg A4 of Filipe Albuquerque.

Jamie Green, who will start on the front row alongside Ekstrom, was the best of the Mercedes drivers in third in his HWA car while Edoardo Mortara made it an excellent session for the Rosberg team with fourth place.

Martin Tomczyk was fifth in his Phoenix Audi with Gary Paffett (HWA) and David Coulthard (Mucke Mercedes) next up.

Abt's Timo Scheider, HWA's championship leader Bruno Spengler and the Persson Mercedes of Renger van der Zande completed the top 10.

Miguel Molina suffered a spin in his Abt Audi after getting on the kerbs at the exit of Turn 2, while Maro Engel (Mucke) outbraked himself at the chicane and was forced to miss the corner.

Red flags came out with two minutes remaining after a piece of kerbing on the exit of Turn 4 came loose and was hit by Coulthard and Mortara, both of whom sustained minor damage to their cars. The session was not resumed.


Pos  Driver                Team          Time
 1.  Mattias Ekström       Audi          1m25.503s
 2.  Filipe Albuquerque    Audi          1m25.658s  + 0.155s
 3.  Jamie Green           Mercedes      1m25.703s  + 0.200s
 4.  Edoardo Mortara       Audi          1m25.727s  + 0.224s
 5.  Martin Tomczyk        Audi          1m25.744s  + 0.241s
 6.  Gary Paffett          Mercedes      1m25.762s  + 0.259s
 7.  David Coulthard       Mercedes      1m25.775s  + 0.272s
 8.  Timo Scheider         Audi          1m25.831s  + 0.328s
 9.  Bruno Spengler        Mercedes      1m25.862s  + 0.359s
10.  Renger van der Zande  Mercedes      1m25.990s  + 0.487s
11.  Miguel Molina         Audi          1m26.010s  + 0.507s
12.  Maro Engel            Mercedes      1m26.096s  + 0.593s
13.  Oliver Jarvis         Audi          1m26.187s  + 0.684s
14.  Christian Vietoris    Mercedes      1m26.235s  + 0.732s
15.  Mike Rockenfeller     Audi          1m26.236s  + 0.733s
16.  Ralf Schumacher       Mercedes      1m26.240s  + 0.737s
17.  Susie Stoddart        Mercedes      1m26.506s  + 1.003s
18.  Rahel Frey            Audi          1m26.786s  + 1.283s

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