Audi Sport’s Robin Frijns was fastest in second practice for the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters this morning (Saturday, June 2nd), amidst further heavy rain showers affected the pace of all 18 drivers.
The Dutchman posted a 1:56.342 around the 4.381-km circuit, with lap times 20 seconds slower than the first practice session of the weekend.
Two-time champion Marco Wittmann was the best of the BMW drivers in second, with Loïc Duval in third, 0.484 seconds off the pace set by Frijns.
Points leader Timo Glock was fourth fastest, just 0.040 seconds ahead of Nico Müller, whilst championship protagonist Gary Paffett was the best of the Mercedes ranks, down in sixth place.
Philipp Eng continues his run of good form, following on from his performances at the Lausitzring two weeks ago, taking seventh ahead of Bruno Spengler, with the British pair of Jamie Green and Paul Di Resta completing the top ten.
BMW débutant Joel Eriksson was 0.005 seconds off Di Resta, but was quicker than 2015 champion Pascal Wehrlein, with Mike Rockenfeller, Edoardo Mortara and Daniel Juncadella.
Completing the timesheets were Augusto Farfus, defending champion René Rast and Lucas Auer, with the field 2.118 seconds apart.
Qualifying for the first race of the weekend starts at 1120 local time (BST + 1 hour), lasting for 20 minutes.
Session results
POS | NO | DRIVER | NAT | ENTRANT | CAR | LAPS | TIME | GAP |
1 | 4 | Robin FRIJNS | Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline | Audi RS5 DTM | 13 | 1:56.342 | 0.000 | |
2 | 11 | Marco WITTMANN | BMW Team RMG | BMW M4 DTM | 12 | 1:56.517 | 0.175 | |
3 | 28 | Loïc DUVAL | Audi Sport Team Phoenix | Audi RS5 DTM | 12 | 1:56.826 | 0.484 | |
4 | 16 | Timo GLOCK | BMW Team RMG | BMW M4 DTM | 11 | 1:56.848 | 0.506 | |
5 | 51 | Nico MÜLLER | Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline | Audi RS5 DTM | 14 | 1:56.888 | 0.546 | |
6 | 2 | Gary PAFFETT | Mercedes-AMG Motorsport PETRONAS | Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | 10 | 1:57.031 | 0.689 | |
7 | 25 | Philipp ENG | BMW Team RMR | BMW M4 DTM | 12 | 1:57.296 | 0.954 | |
8 | 7 | Bruno SPENGLER | BMW Team RBM | BMW M4 DTM | 14 | 1:57.395 | 1.053 | |
9 | 53 | Jamie GREEN | Audi Sport Team Rosberg | Audi RS5 DTM | 14 | 1:57.463 | 1.121 | |
10 | 3 | Paul DI RESTA | Mercedes-AMG Motorsport REMUS | Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | 9 | 1:57.585 | 1.243 | |
11 | 47 | Joel ERIKSSON | BMW Team RBM | BMW M4 DTM | 13 | 1:57.590 | 1.248 | |
12 | 94 | Pascal WEHRLEIN | Mercedes-AMG Motorsport PETRONAS | Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | 10 | 1:57.633 | 1.291 | |
13 | 99 | Mike ROCKENFELLER | Audi Sport Team Phoenix | Audi RS5 DTM | 14 | 1:57.651 | 1.309 | |
14 | 48 | Edoardo MORTARA | SILBERPFEIL Energy Mercedes-AMG Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | 11 | 1:57.711 | 1.369 | |
15 | 23 | Daniel JUNCADELLA | Mercedes-AMG Motorsport REMUS | Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | 11 | 1:57.819 | 1.477 | |
16 | 15 | Augusto FARFUS | BMW Team RMG | BMW M4 DTM | 12 | 1:57.913 | 1.571 | |
17 | 33 | René RAST | Audi Sport Team Rosberg | Audi RS5 DTM | 13 | 1:58.173 | 1.831 | |
18 | 22 | Lucas AUER | SILBERPFEIL Energy Mercedes-AMG Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | 11 | 1:58.460 | 2.118 |