Albuquerque leads Rosberg Audi one-two in second DTM practice at Spielberg

Albuquerque, one of only four drivers to have scored points in every race so far this season, leapt to the top of the timesheets with 15 of the 90 minutes to go; his time of 1m25.654s unchallenged for the remainder.

His team-mate Edoardo Mortara was 0.094s adrift while the impressive Joey Hand brought his RMG BMW up to third at the very end. The top five was completed by Abt Audi team-mates Mattias Ekstrom and Timo Scheider while Jamie Green was the best of the Mercedes contingent in sixth for HWA.

After overnight rain, the track was damp for the beginning of the session, with laptimes gradually improving from the 1m43s early on to the 1m34s with half an hour gone.

Champion Martin Tomczyk was the first man to switch from wet Hankook tyres to slicks and immediately found four seconds per lap, although he eventually faded to 17th.

Among the drivers popping up ahead of him were HWA's Ralf Schumacher, who had a couple of minor offs during the damp part of the session, Friday pace-setter Mike Rockenfeller (Rosberg Audi), Roberto Merhi (Persson Mercedes) and Dirk Werner (Schnitzer BMW).

Title contenders Gary Paffett and Bruno Spengler were 11th and 16th fastest for HWA and Schnitzer respectively while Robert Wickens - 15th for Mucke Mercedes - suffered the only spin of the session when he gyrated at the exit of Turn 1 late on.

Pos   Driver             Team/Car           Time        Gap 
 1.  Filipe Albuquerque  Rosberg Audi      1m25.654s
 2.  Edoardo Mortara     Rosberg Audi      1m25.748s  + 0.094s
 3.  Joey Hand           RMG BMW           1m25.769s  + 0.115s
 4.  Mattias Ekstrom     Abt Audi          1m25.781s  + 0.127s
 5.  Timo Scheider       Abt Audi          1m25.902s  + 0.248s
 6.  Jamie Green         HWA Mercedes      1m25.906s  + 0.252s
 7.  Ralf Schumacher     HWA Mercedes      1m25.917s  + 0.263s
 8.  Mike Rockenfeller   Phoenix Audi      1m25.951s  + 0.297s
 9.  Roberto Merhi       Persson Mercedes  1m25.955s  + 0.301s
10.  Dirk Werner         Schnitzer BMW     1m25.981s  + 0.327s
11.  Gary Paffett        HWA Mercedes      1m26.073s  + 0.419s
12.  Christian Vietoris  HWA Mercedes      1m26.124s  + 0.470s
13.  Augusto Farfus      RMG BMW           1m26.138s  + 0.484s
14.  Miguel Molina       Phoenix Audi      1m26.190s  + 0.536s
15.  Robert Wickens      Mucke Mercedes    1m26.218s  + 0.564s
16.  Bruno Spengler      Schnitzer BMW     1m26.341s  + 0.687s
17.  Martin Tomczyk      RMG BMW           1m26.366s  + 0.712s
18.  Adrien Tambay       Abt Audi          1m26.425s  + 0.771s
19.  Rahel Frey          Abt Audi          1m26.595s  + 0.941s
20.  Susie Wolff         Persson Mercedes  1m26.651s  + 0.997s
21.  Andy Priaulx        RBM BMW           1m26.863s  + 1.209s
22.  David Coulthard     Mucke Mercedes    1m26.881s  + 1.227s