Abt ends Lausitz test on top

The Signature driver's 1m17.735s lap in his Dallara-Volkswagen was around 0.6s quicker than Nigel Melker had managed on the opening day, and came during the slightly faster morning session, as his afternoon was wrecked by a clutch problem.

"Finally I'm back at the very top of a ranking," said the 18-year-old German. "We had run out of fresh tyres anyway [by the afternoon] and in addition, we had nearly completed our scheduled programme."

Dutchman Melker was again fast, the Mucke Motorsport driver quickest during the afternoon and only 0.021s slower than Abt in his Mercedes-engined Dallara.

Laurens Vanthoor was a much-improved third for Signature with Daniel Juncadella the best of the Prema drivers in fourth.

Felix Rosenvist (Mucke) was next up, out-pacing championship leader Roberto Merhi and the Spaniard's Prema team-mate Gianmarco Raimondo.

The top 10 was completed by Marco Wittmann (Signature), Kimiya Sato and Jimmy Eriksson (both Motopark).

Pos  Driver              Team/Car              Time       Gap
 1.  Daniel Abt          Signature Dallara-VW  1m17.735s
 2.  Nigel Melker        Mucke Dallara-Merc    1m17.756s  + 0.021s
 3.  Laurens Vanthoor    Signature Dallara-VW  1m17.934s  + 0.199s
 4.  Daniel Juncadella   Prema Dallara-Merc    1m18.046s  + 0.311s
 5.  Felix Rosenqvist    Mucke Dallara-Merc    1m18.101s  + 0.366s
 6.  Roberto Merhi       Prema Dallara-Merc    1m18.152s  + 0.417s
 7.  Gianmarco Raimondo  Prema Dallara-Merc    1m18.234s  + 0.499s
 8.  Marco Wittmann      Signature Dallara-VW  1m18.243s  + 0.508s
 9.  Kimiya Sato         Motopark Dallara-VW   1m18.267s  + 0.532s
10.  Jimmy Eriksson      Motopark Dallara-VW   1m18.329s  + 0.594s
11.  Kuba Giermaziak     Star Dallara-VW       1m18.330s  + 0.595s
12.  Carlos Munoz        Signature Dallara-VW  1m22.483s  + 4.748s