Practice 2: Schneider storms to front
Bernd Schneider stormed ominously to the top of the time sheets in the second free practice session ahead of the sixth round of the DTM championship at EuroSpeedway Lausitz. The AMG Mercedes driver, yet to win a race this year in the series he has dominated for the previous two seasons, was in imperious form and obviously eager to break his 2002 duck
Schneider was the only driver to dip below the 1m40s mark with a best of 1m39.976s to finish nearly half a second ahead of runaway championship leader Laurent Aiello's Audi. First session pace setter Mattias Ekstrom could only manage fourth, 0.4s down on his earlier time.
Only five drivers improved on their first session times in the hot afternoon sun, Audi's Christian Abt and lead Opel peddler Alain Menu in fifth and sixth positions respectively.
Sole British representative, Scotsman Peter Dumbreck, finished the session a disappointing 15th overall in his 2001 Mercedes CLK, but enjoyed a more productive session than Audi driver Karl Wendlinger. The former Sauber F1 driver suffered oil circulation problems did not emerge during the second session after finishing the first session a creditable 11th overall.
The single 45 minute qualifying session runs on Saturday afternoon after one hour of free practice early in the morning.
Bernd Schneider (D) AMG Mercedes-Benz CLK, 1m39.976s
Laurent Aiello (F) Abt-Audi TT-R, 1m40.431s
Marcel Fässler (CH) AMG Mercedes-Bend CLK, 1m40.580s
Mattias Ekström (S) Abt-Audi TT-R, 1m40.707s
Christian Abt (D) Abt-Audi TT-R, 1m40.761s
Alain Menu (CH) Euroteam Opel Astra V8 Coupé, 1m40.871s
Thomas Jäger (D) Persson Mercedes-Benz CLK, 1m41.019s
Manuel Reuter (D) Phoenix Opel Astra V8 Coupe, 1m41.058s
Martin Tomczyk (D) Abt-Audi TT-R, 1m41.073s
Jean Alesi (F) AMG Mercedes-Benz CLK, 1m41.467s
Timo Scheider (D) Holzer Opel Astra V8 Coupé, 1m41.479s
Bernd Maylander (D) Manthey Mercedes-Benz CLK, 1m41.535s
Patrick Huisman (NL) Manthey Mercedes-Benz CLK, 1m41.559s
Christijan Albers (NL) Rosberg Mercedes-Benz CLK, 1m41.609s
Peter Dumbreck (GB) Persson Mercedes-Benz CLK, 1m41.616s
Joachim Winkelhock (D) Phoenix Opel Astra V8 Coupé, 1m41.735s
Uwe Alzen (D) AMG Mercedes-Benz CLK, 1m41.825s
Stefan Mücke (D) Rosberg Mercedes-Benz CLK, 1m41.960s
Michael Bartels (D) Holzer Opel Astra V8 Coupé, 1m42.245s
Yves Olivier (B) Eutoteam Opel Astra V8 Coupé, 1m42.366s
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