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Edoardo Mortara leads the way in first practice

Edoardo MortaraAudi’s Edoardo Mortara set the pace in first practice for the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) at a damp Hockenheimring, ahead of stable-mate Mattias Ekström and Mercedes’ Robert Wickens.

In a session which was affected by inclement weather, only the top nine drivers were covered by less than a second, with the top ten featuring five Audi drivers, three Mercedes’ and two BMWs.

Mortara’s fastest lap was 0.114 seconds faster than Ekström, with Wickens a further tenth back.

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Reigning champion Marco Wittmann was the fastest BMW driver in fourth with a fast lap late in the session, ahead of Audi’s Miguel Molina in fifth.

Timo Glock had set the early pace for BMW, but ended the session in sixth after Mortara and Ekström went faster inside the opening 20 minutes.

Mercedes’ Christian Vietoris was seventh, ahead of Audi duo Mike Rockenfeller and Timo Scheider in eighth and ninth. Gary Paffett completed the top ten, 1.021 seconds off the pace.

Lucas Auer endured a difficult start to his début with Mercedes, though, as his car had early ground to halt in the rollout session with a transmission problem. The Austrian failed to complete a single lap during practice as the problem was fixed.

Second practice takes place at 08:00 CEST on Saturday morning (07:00 BST).

Free Practice 1 times

POS NO DRIVER NAT ENTRANT CAR LAPS TIME GAP
1 48 Edoardo MORTARA Audi Sport Team Abt Audi RS5 DTM 21 1:50.182 0.000
2 5 Mattias EKSTRÖM Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi RS5 DTM 21 1:50.296 0.114
3 6 Robert WICKENS FREE MAN’S WORLD AMG Mercedes DTM Mercedes AMG C-Coupé 20 1:50.409 0.227
4 1 Marco WITTMANN BMW Team RMG BMW M4 DTM 18 1:50.499 0.317
5 17 Miguel MOLINA Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi RS5 DTM 22 1:50.674 0.492
6 16 Timo GLOCK BMW Team MTEK BMW M4 DTM 19 1:50.955 0.773
7 8 Christian VIETORIS Original-Teile AMG Mercedes DTM Mercedes AMG C-Coupé 18 1:50.996 0.814
8 99 Mike ROCKENFELLER Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi RS5 DTM 22 1:51.033 0.851
9 10 Timo SCHEIDER Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi RS5 DTM 23 1:51.136 0.954
10 2 Gary PAFFETT EURONICS AMG Mercedes DTM Mercedes AMG C-Coupé 21 1:51.203 1.021
11 12 Daniel JUNCADELLA Petronas AMG Mercedes DTM Mercedes AMG C-Coupé 18 1:51.349 1.167
12 3 Paul di RESTA AMG Mercedes DTM Mercedes AMG C-Coupé 16 1:51.583 1.401
13 84 Maximilian GÖTZ AMG Mercedes DTM Mercedes AMG C-Coupé 21 1:51.675 1.493
14 51 Nico MÜLLER Audi Sport Team Rosberg Audi RS5 DTM 19 1:51.777 1.595
15 94 Pascal WEHRLEIN gooix AMG Mercedes DTM Mercedes AMG C-Coupé 19 1:52.035 1.853
16 27 Adrien TAMBAY Audi Sport Team Abt Audi RS5 DTM 20 1:52.035 1.853
17 7 Bruno SPENGLER BMW Team MTEK BMW M4 DTM 19 1:52.065 1.883
18 53 Jamie GREEN Audi Sport Team Rosberg Audi RS5 DTM 18 1:52.087 1.905
19 18 Augusto FARFUS BMW Team RBM BMW M4 DTM 16 1:52.153 1.971
20 36 Maxime MARTIN BMW Team RMG BMW M4 DTM 18 1:52.742 2.560
21 77 Martin TOMCZYK BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M4 DTM 17 1:53.575 3.393
22 31 Tom BLOMQVIST BMW Team RBM BMW M4 DTM 17 1:54.018 3.836
23 13 António Félix da COSTA BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M4 DTM 18 1:54.692 4.510
24 22 Lucas AUER AMG Mercedes DTM Mercedes AMG C-Coupé No time N/A

Complete session results.

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