DTM Hockenheim: Muller on top as Audi domination continues
Nico Muller edged out Mike Rockenfeller as Audi sent out an emphatic statement in the final Hockenheim practice session before the first race of the 2016 DTM season
Audi had the fastest six drivers in FP2, with Muller's 1m33.861s beating Rockenfeller by 0.075s and Mattias Ekstrom a further 0.154s back.
BMW's Timo Glock and Audi's Jamie Green both spent time at the top of the leaderboard early in the session before Rockenfeller became the first driver to go under 1m34 this weekend and Muller lowered the benchmark further.
Timo Schneider and Green completed the top five, ahead of practice-one pacesetter Edoardo Mortara.
Mercedes' Robert Wickens was the fastest non-Audi in seventh, while Bruno Spengler was the fastest BMW in ninth - the Bavarian marque had just two drivers in the top 12 and five of the seven slowest cars.
The session ended prematurely after Lucas Auer spun his Mercedes into the gravel trap with just a couple of minutes remaining.
Of the 24 drivers on track, only Paul di Resta was over a second off the pace, while the top 10 was covered by less than five tenths.
Mercedes debutant Esteban Ocon finished 11th, 0.489s off the pace.
PRACTICE TWO TIMES:
Pos | Driver | Team | Car | Gap | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Nico Muller | Abt | Audi | 1m33.861s | 11 |
2 | Mike Rockenfeller | Phoenix | Audi | 0.075s | 12 |
3 | Mattias Ekstrom | Abt | Audi | 0.229s | 10 |
4 | Timo Scheider | Phoenix | Audi | 0.254s | 12 |
5 | Jamie Green | Rosberg | Audi | 0.260s | 12 |
6 | Edoardo Mortara | Abt | Audi | 0.284s | 10 |
7 | Robert Wickens | HWA | Mercedes | 0.296s | 13 |
8 | Gary Paffett | ART | Mercedes | 0.362s | 11 |
9 | Bruno Spengler | MTEK | BMW | 0.377s | 10 |
10 | Lucas Auer | Mucke | Mercedes | 0.468s | 9 |
11 | Esteban Ocon | ART | Mercedes | 0.489s | 11 |
12 | Tom Blomqvist | RBM | BMW | 0.509s | 13 |
13 | Christian Vietoris | Mucke | Mercedes | 0.527s | 13 |
14 | Adrien Tambay | Rosberg | Audi | 0.539s | 12 |
15 | Daniel Juncadella | HWA | Mercedes | 0.561s | 12 |
16 | Augusto Farfus | MTEK | BMW | 0.569s | 12 |
17 | Maximilian Gotz | HWA | Mercedes | 0.597s | 14 |
18 | Timo Glock | RMG | BMW | 0.640s | 11 |
19 | Marco Wittmann | RMG | BMW | 0.655s | 10 |
20 | Antonio Felix da Costa | Schnitzer | BMW | 0.693s | 12 |
21 | Martin Tomczyk | Schnitzer | BMW | 0.764s | 13 |
22 | Maxime Martin | RBM | BMW | 0.767s | 13 |
23 | Miguel Molina | Abt | Audi | 0.836s | 12 |
24 | Paul Di Resta | HWA | Mercedes | 1.475s | 12 |
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