Warm-up: No prizes for guessing who...
AMG Mercedes' top dog Bernd Schneider was again light years ahead of his opposition in the half hour warm-up for today(Sunday)'s DTM races at the A1-Ring in Austria.
After cleaning up in qualifying yesterday, Schneider wiped the floor again in the warm-up, almost six tenths clear of Audi's Laurent Aiello. Another polished performance in this afternoon's races will give the German a second successive DTM title.
Aiello was backed up by team mate Christian Abt, who has recovered from facial injuries sustained in a fracas during the Abt team's celebrations at the Nurburgring a fortnight ago, with the third fastest time.
Timo Scheider gave Opel another ray of hope with the fourth quickest lap in his Astra Coupe, just clear of Schneider's AMG Merc team mate Peter Dumbreck, who will start the qualifying race from the front row of the grid.
Alain Menu was the second fastest Opel in sixth, ahead of Uwe Alzen (Mercedes), Mattias Ekstrom (Audi) and Christijan Albers (Mercedes).
The qualifying race begins at 14.29 local time (13.29BST), and Autosport.com will bring you all the action as it happens.
Bernd Schneider, 2001 D2 Mercedes CLK, 1m29.040s
Laurent Aiello, 2001 Abt Sportsline Audi TT-R, 1m29.606s
Christian Abt, 2001 Abt Sportsline Audi TT-R, 1m29.613s
Timo Scheider, 2001 Holzer Opel Astra Coupe, 1m29.684s
Peter Dumbreck, 2001 D2 Mercedes CLK, 1m29.764s
Alain Menu, 2001 Euroteam Opel Astra Coupe, 1m29.859s
Uwe Alzen, 2001 Warsteiner Mercedes CLK, 1m29.883s
Mattias Ekstrom, 2001 Abt Sportsline Audi TT-R, 1m29.956s
Christijan Albers, 2000 Persson Mercedes CLK, 1m29.988s
Michael Bartels, 2001 Holzer Opel Astra Coupe, 1m30.036s
Bernd Maylander, 2001 Eschmann-Manthey Mercedes CLK, 1m30.145s
Manuel Reuter, 2001 Phoenix Opel Astra Coupe, 1m30.223s
Joachim Winkelhock, 2001 Holzer Opel Astra Coupe, 1m30.242s
Thomas Jager, 2000 Persson Mercedes CLK, 1m30.337s
Marcel Fassler, 2001 Warsteiner Mercedes CLK, 1m30.486s
Darren Turner, 2000 Rosberg Mercedes CLK, 1m30.487s
Patrick Huisman, 2001 Eschmann-Manthey Mercedes CLK, 1m30.633s
David Saelens, 2000 Rosberg Mercedes CLK, 1m30.865s
Martin Tomczyk, 2001 Abt Sportsline Audi TT-R, 1m30.960s
Yves Olivier, 2000 Phoenix Opel Astra Coupe, 1m31.444s
Hubert Haupt, 2000 Euroteam Opel Astra Coupe, 1m31.886s
Peter Mamerow, 2000 Mamerow Opel Astra Coupe, 1m32.061s
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