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New DTM champion Martin Tomczyk fastest in Hockenheim first practice

New DTM champion Martin Tomczyk set the pace in the first free practice session for this weekend's season finale at Hockenheim

The Phoenix Audi driver, who wrapped up the title last time out at Valencia, only hit the front in the final minute, his 1m33.621s lap in his old-spec A4 knocking Christian Vietoris' Persson Mercedes off the top spot by 0.263s.

Vietoris was knocked back to third before the session's end by Mucke Mercedes driver Maro Engel, who lapped 0.168s off Tomczyk's pace.

Mike Rockenfeller was the best of the drivers in current-spec machinery, the German and his Abt Audi team-mates Mattias Ekstrom and Timo Scheider taking three of the next four spots with only Renger van der Zande getting in among them; the Dutchman fifth in his Persson Mercedes.

Filipe Albuquerque, fresh from his maiden DTM podium finish at Valencia, put his Rosberg Audi eighth, ahead of Susie Stoddart - who is now competing as Susie Wolff following her marriage to Williams Formula 1 team stakeholder Toto Wolff since Valencia.

David Coulthard completed the top 10 in his Mucke Mercedes while Bruno Spengler was the best of the HWA Mercedes contingent in 12th.

Practice got underway an hour behind schedule due to thick fog at Hockenheim earlier in the day that would have prevented the medical helicopter from taking off, had the need arisen.

Pos  Driver                Team/Car          Time       Gap
 1.  Martin Tomczyk        Phoenix Audi      1m33.621s  
 2.  Maro Engel            Mucke Mercedes    1m33.289s  + 0.168s
 3.  Christian Vietoris    Persson Mercedes  1m33.884s  + 0.263s
 4.  Mike Rockenfeller     Abt Audi          1m33.983s  + 0.362s
 5.  Renger van der Zande  Persson Mercedes  1m34.039s  + 0.418s
 6.  Mattias Ekstrom       Abt Audi          1m34.089s  + 0.468s
 7.  Timo Scheider         Abt Audi          1m34.259s  + 0.638s
 8.  Filipe Albuquerque    Rosberg Audi      1m34.337s  + 0.716s
 9.  Susie Wolff           Persson Mercedes  1m34.485s  + 0.864s
10.  David Coulthard       Mucke Mercedes    1m34.504s  + 0.883s
11.  Edoardo Mortara       Rosberg Audi      1m34.511s  + 0.890s
12.  Bruno Spengler        HWA Mercedes      1m34.553s  + 0.932s
13.  Miguel Molina         Abt Audi          1m34.602s  + 0.981s
14.  Oliver Jarvis         Abt Audi          1m34.632s  + 1.011s
15.  Gary Paffett          HWA Mercedes      1m34.747s  + 1.126s
16.  Jamie Green           HWA Mercedes      1m34.819s  + 1.198s
17.  Rahel Frey            Phoenix Audi      1m34.930s  + 1.309s
18.  Ralf Schumacher       HWA Mercedes      1m34.986s  + 2.365s

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