Miguel Molina fastest in Nürburgring second free practice

Audi Sport’s Miguel Molina took top honours in the second free practice session for the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) at the Nürburgring, ahead of four Mercedes C63 AMG Coupés, led by first practice pace setter Christian Vietoris.

The Spaniard was at the bottom of the timesheets for the majority of the session, before he put in his effort with just four minutes remaining, just 0.085 seconds ahead of Vietoris, with Lucas Auer making it a Mücke Motorsport 2-3.

Team ART’s Gary Paffett and Felix Rosenqvist would be part of a Mercedes stronghold in fourth and fifth, with Paul Di Resta making it five in the top ten.

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Maxime Martin was the best placed of the BMW drivers in sixth place, 0.027 seconds ahead of the 2010 champion, whilst current points leader Marco Wittmann would be the only other driver from the Munich stable to join the Belgian down in ninth place, ahead of Robert Wickens.

Team Abt’s Nico Müller was the only other Audi to make it into the top ten in eighth place, with a session that was very close, in terms of lap time, with the top 21 cars split by 0.894 seconds.

Two-time champion Timo Scheider narrowly missed out on the top ten, just 0.019 seconds behind Wickens, but ahead of title contenders Jamie Green and Edoardo Mortara, with the trio separated by 0.063 seconds.

HWA’s Daniel Juncadella and Maximilian Götz were the lowest-placed of the Mercedes stable in 14^th and 15^th, and were within six tenths of a second behind pace setter Molina.

BMW had six of their cars in the lower half of the grid, with Team RMG’s Timo Glock in 17^th, with Martin Tomczyk slowest of all. Team Abt Sportsline’s Mattias Ekström and Team Rosberg’s Adrien Tambay were 20^th and 21^st fastest amidst the pack of M4 DTMs.

Qualifying for the first race at the Nürburgring starts at 12:35 CEST (BST + 1), lasting for 20 minutes.

Session results

POS	NO	DRIVER	NAT	ENTRANT	CAR	LAPS	TIME	GAP
1	17	Miguel MOLINA		Audi Sport Team Abt	Audi RS5 DTM	14	1:23.130	0.000
2	8	Christian VIETORIS		BWT Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM	12	1:23.215	0.085
3	22	Lucas AUER		BWT Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM	15	1:23.328	0.198
4	2	Gary PAFFETT		EURONICS/FREE MEN’S WORLD Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM	12	1:23.342	0.212
5	88	Felix ROSENQVIST		EURONICS/FREE MEN’S WORLD Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM	15	1:23.433	0.303
6	36	Maxime MARTIN		BMW Team RBM	BMW M4 DTM	13	1:23.472	0.342
7	3	Paul di RESTA		Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM	15	1:23.499	0.369
8	51	Nico MÜLLER		Audi Sport Team Abt	Audi RS5 DTM	15	1:23.507	0.377
9	11	Marco WITTMANN		BMW Team RMG	BMW M4 DTM	12	1:23.511	0.381
10	6	Robert WICKENS		SILBERPFEIL Energy/UBFS Invest Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM	12	1:23.609	0.479
11	10	Timo SCHEIDER		Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi RS5 DTM	14	1:23.628	0.498
12	48	Edoardo MORTARA		Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi RS5 DTM	16	1:23.670	0.540
13	53	Jamie GREEN		Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi RS5 DTM	13	1:23.691	0.561
14	12	Daniel JUNCADELLA		SILBERPFEIL Energy/UBFS Invest Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM	13	1:23.700	0.570
15	84	Maximilian GÖTZ		Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM	15	1:23.729	0.599
16	99	Mike ROCKENFELLER		Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi RS5 DTM	16	1:23.749	0.619
17	16	Timo GLOCK		BMW Team RMG	BMW M4 DTM	14	1:23.809	0.679
18	7	Bruno SPENGLER		BMW Team MTEK	BMW M4 DTM	12	1:23.825	0.695
19	31	Tom BLOMQVIST		BMW Team RBM	BMW M4 DTM	14	1:23.835	0.705
20	5	Mattias EKSTRÖM		Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi RS5 DTM	16	1:23.869	0.739
21	18	Augusto FARFUS		BMW Team MTEK	BMW M4 DTM	12	1:23.951	0.821
22	27	Adrien TAMBAY		Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi RS5 DTM	15	1:24.024	0.894
23	13	António Félix da COSTA		BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW M4 DTM	16	1:24.180	1.050
24	100	Martin TOMCZYK		BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW M4 DTM	16	1:24.407	1.277