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Jamie Green fastest with final-minute effort at Zandvoort

Jamie Green topped the opening DTM practice session at Zandvoort on Friday thanks to a fast final-minute effort in his HWA Mercedes

The British driver's 1m33.427-second lap hauled him up from fifth place and knocked Spaniard Roberto Merhi off the top spot by 0.226s.

Behind Merhi's Persson Mercedes was Nurburgring winner Bruno Spengler who, like Green, saved his best effort for the final minute; the Schnitzer BMW man knocking the Mucke Mercedes' of David Coulthard and Robert Wickens down to fourth and fifth.

Filipe Albuquerque was the fastest Audi driver in sixth, one space ahead of fellow Team Rosberg driver Edoardo Mortara. Susie Wolff completed a good day for Persson in eighth with HWA team-mates Ralf Schumacher and points leader Gary Paffett completing the top 10.

Schumacher caused the only red flag of the 90 minutes when the rear wing of his car caught an air line as he exited his pit stall and ripped it from its mounting; the result being injuries to four members of his pit crew, all of whom were taken to hospital for examination.

Adrien Tambay was at the centre of the biggest incident late-on as he put his two outside wheels onto the grass exiting Marlborobocht during the final minute.

The Frenchman did not regain the track in time to slow down sufficiently for the following right-hander and ploughed off into the gravel trap.

Pos  Driver              Team/Car          Time       Gap
 1.  Jamie Green         HWA Mercedes      1m33.427s
 2.  Roberto Merhi       Persson Mercedes  1m33.653s  + 0.226s
 3.  Bruno Spengler      Schnitzer BMW     1m34.094s  + 0.667s
 4.  David Coulthard     Mucke Mercedes    1m34.123s  + 0.696s
 5.  Robert Wickens      Mucke Mercedes    1m34.404s  + 0.977s
 6.  Filipe Albuquerque  Rosberg Audi      1m34.510s  + 1.083s
 7.  Edoardo Mortara     Rosberg Audi      1m34.525s  + 1.098s
 8.  Susie Wolff         Persson Mercedes  1m34.631s  + 1.204s
 9.  Ralf Schumacher     HWA Mercedes      1m34.659s  + 1.232s
10.  Gary Paffett        HWA Mercedes      1m34.677s  + 1.250s
11.  Mattias Ekstrom     Abt Audi          1m34.782s  + 1.355s
12.  Andy Priaulx        RBM BMW           1m34.795s  + 1.368s
13.  Joey Hand           RMG BMW           1m34.813s  + 1.386s
14.  Mike Rockenfeller   Phoenix Audi      1m34.857s  + 1.430s
15.  Dirk Werner         Schnitzer BMW     1m34.891s  + 1.464s
16.  Adrien Tambay       Abt Audi          1m35.037s  + 1.610s
17.  Augusto Farfus      RBM BMW           1m35.076s  + 1.649s
18.  Rahel Frey          Abt Audi          1m35.224s  + 1.797s
19.  Christian Vietoris  HWA Mercedes      1m35.277s  + 1.850s
20.  Martin Tomczyk      RMG BMW           1m35.304s  + 1.877s
21.  Timo Scheider       Abt Audi          1m35.319s  + 1.892s
22.  Miguel Molina       Phoenix Audi      1m36.090s  + 2.663s

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