Audi's Markus Winklehock set the fastest lap of the first DTM test of the season at Mugello this week. The German set his best time on the final afternoon of the three-day test, beating Jamie Green's Mercedes by 0.166 seconds.
Paul Di Resta was third overall for Mercedes, but Audi was the stronger car over the three days, despite Tom Kristensen and Mike Rockenfeller leaving the test on the second morning to head to Sebring to contest the ALMS opener for Audi.Christijan Albers made his series comeback, testing a 2006-spec Audi for Colin Kolles' Team Futurecom. There was a huge difference between the quickest and slowest times across the three days at Mugello, but several drivers didn't complete a lap on the final day when conditions were much faster than earlier in the week.
Combined times: Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Markus Winkelhock Audi 1:42.132 138 2. Jamie Green Mercedes 1:42.298 103 3. Alexandre Premat Audi 1:42.764 140 4. Paul Di Resta Mercedes 1:42.986 97 5. Gary Paffett Mercedes 1:43.121 105 6. Mattias Ekström Audi 1:43.192 174 7. Ralf Schumacher Mercedes 1:43.506 111 8. Christijan Albers Audi 1:43.638 98 9. Timo Scheider Audi 1:43.952 98 10. Susie Stoddart Mercedes 1:43.988 13911. Martin Tomczyk Audi 1:44.409 95 12. Oliver Jarvis Audi 1:47.811 98 13. Katherine Legge Audi 1:49.565 10514. Maro Engel Mercedes 1:56.358 11815. Mathias Lauda Mercedes 1:57.974 10116. Mike Rockenfeller Audi 1:58.268 86 17. Tom Kristensen Audi 1:58.451 31 18. Bruno Spengler Mercedes 1:58.513 84 19. Bernd Schneider Mercedes 1:58.617 68
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