Warm-up: Good and bad for Audi
The Abt Sportsline Audi of Mattias Ekstrom convincingly set the pace in the warm-up ahead of today's penultimate round of the DTM at Zandvoort in Holland, the Swede ending the session a tenth of a second clear of Opel's Peter Dumbreck
The big news of the session, however, was that Audi Junior driver Martin Tomczyk, who will start today's race from the front row, slammed his TT-R comprehensively into the tyrewall at the Hugenholtz hairpin, leaving the Abt crew with a lot of work to do. He lost control under braking and hit the tyres with both the front and rear of the car.
Following a red flag for the incident, there was more woe for Abt as its reigning champion, Laurent Aiello, ground to a smoky halt in the closing stages of the session.
Behind Dumbreck, Opel's pole star of yesterday, Timo Scheider, was third fastest, ahead of local hero Christijan Albers (Mercedes), Tomcyzk (who was quick before he shunted), and a trio of AMG Mercedes featuring Marcel Fassler, Bernd Schneider and Jean Alesi. Manuel Reuter (Opel) and Aiello rounded out the top 10.
Mattias Ekstrom (S) Abt-Audi TT-R, 1m36.172s
Peter Dumbreck (GB) Phoenix Opel Astra V8 Coupé, 1m36.344s
Timo Scheider (D) Phoenix Opel Astra V8 Coupe 1m36.666s
Christijan Albers (NL) AMG Mercedes-Benz CLK, 1m36.794s
Martin Tomczyk (D) Audi Junior Team Abt Audi TT-R 1m36.797s
Marcel Fassler (CH) AMG Mercedes-Benz CLK 1m36.805s
Bernd Schneider (D) Holzer Opel Astra V8 Coupe 1m36.866s
Jean Alesi (F) AMG Mercedes-Benz CLK 1m36.880s
Manuel Reuter (D) Holzer Opel Astra V8 Coupé, 1m36.867s
Laurent Aiello (F) Abt-Audi 1m37.091s
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