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DTM: Audi has the upper hand in Brands Hatch

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Khatir Soltani
In preparation for Sunday's DTM race at the Brands Hatch circuit, Audi had the upper hand in both practices.

The first session on Friday ended with a fastest time set by Audi driver and series leader Timo Scheider. On the 1.929 kilometres circuit, Schneider drove his fastest lap in 42.577 seconds. Paul di Resta occupied second place in the first test at a considerable distance.

Behind di Resta, DTM champion Mattias Ekström was third and Mercedes Bernd Schneider was fourth. Audi's Tom Kristensen completed the Top 5.

Canadian Bruno Spengler finished 8th.

With temperatures rising the 19, drivers from Audi and Mercedes-Benz failed to match the times from the morning session in the second DTM test.

Mattias Ekström set the fastest lap time as he outpaced his team-mate Martin Tomczyk while Timo Scheider completed the Audi trio on top after the second test.

Fastest driver of an AMG Mercedes C-Class was Jamie Green in fourth place. Markus Winkelhock came in fifth.

Bruno Spengler, who is known to work on race set-ups on Fridays, finished 13th.
Khatir Soltani
Khatir Soltani
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