With Mike Rockenfeller sitting out this weekends DTM race from the Lausitzring, Tom Kristenssen is filling in for him. Rocky had a horrific crash during last weekends 24 Hours of Le Mans and is taking time off to recover. Kristensen drove in the DTM from 2004-2009 and has two podium spot at the Eurspeedway.
With his track experience, T.K was able to reel in the fastest lap during free practice today. He lapped the circuit in 1:19.412, a clear 0.026 seconds over second placed Martin Tomczyk.
Timo Scheider would complete an Audi 1-2-3, 0.056 seconds down.
Filipe Albuquerque, Oliver Jarvis and Miguel Molina would fill in spots 5th, 8th and 10th, respectively.
Edoardo Mortara would hit 11th with a 1:19.923 and a surprise, Mattias Ekstrom would fall into 12th with a 1:20.056.
If you’ve paid attention to the time here, Ekstroms time is 0.644 off of Kristensens. Ralf Schumacher’s time of 1:20.284 landed him in 17th, 0.0872 back, meaning all drivers could be in the game!
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