Warm-up: It's Merc versus Aiello
If the warm-up isn't telling 'porky pies', it's looking like it will be Laurent Aiello versus the Mercedes hordes in round eight of the DTM at Austria's A1-Ring
Jean Alesi was fastest for Mercedes in a repeat of Saturday's cool, but sunny conditions, with Aiello's Abt-Audi TT-R second fastest. Pole-sitter Marcel Fassler was third, with Christijan Albers and points leader Bernd Schneider making it four works Mercs in the top five.
Peter Dumbreck led the Opels, taking sixth place, but mainly used the session to home in on a neutral set-up for the race itself. The Scot ran 21 laps in total - the most of anybody in the 21-car field. Timo Scheider and Alain Menu made it three Opels in the top 10.
The 40-lap race is scheduled to begin at 14:00 CET (13:00 UK time).
Jean Alesi (F) AMG Mercedes-Benz CLK, 1m27.321s
Laurent Aiello (F) Abt-Audi TT-R, 1m27.469s
Marcel Fässler (CH) AMG Mercedes-Benz CLK, 1m27.592s
Christijan Albers (NL) AMG Mercedes-Benz CLK, 1m27.677s
Bernd Schneider (D) AMG Mercedes-Benz CLK, 1m27.737s
Peter Dumbreck (GB) Phoenix Opel Astra V8 Coupé, 1m27.842s
Mattias Ekstrom (S) Abt-Audi TT-R, 1m27.994s
Martin Tomczyk (D) Abt-Audi TT-R, 1m28.051s
Timo Scheider (D) Phoenix Opel Astra V8 Coupe, 1m28.250s
Alain Menu (CH) Holzer Opel Astra V8 Coupé, 1m28.259s
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