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Timo Glock leads DTM testing week for BMW

BMW driver Timo Glock completed four days of DTM pre-season testing at Hockenheim on top by setting a new series lap record

The ex-Toyota and Virgin Formula 1 driver ended a three-day streak of pacesetting times for Mercedes drivers on the final day of the test on Thursday with a best lap of 1m30.201s, which came in the morning session.

Mercedes led the way on the first two days thanks to Gary Paffett, who held an advantage bigger than three tenths on both occasions, before team-mate Robert Wickens repeated the feat on Wednesday.

Another Mercedes driver, Paul di Resta, went on to break the lap record during the morning session of the final day of the test, but he ended up being edged out by Glock by 0.037 seconds.

Reigning champion Marco Wittmann made it two BMW drivers in the overall top three, setting a time 0.061s slower than RMG team-mate Glock in the same session.

Paffett was shuffled down to fourth, as Lucas Auer and Wickens ensured four Mercedes cars ended up in top six.

Meanwhile, the fastest Audis of Mike Rockenfeller and Mattias Ekstrom were seventh and eighth respectively, the former ending up 0.358s off the pace.

Bruno Spengler (BMW) in ninth was still less than half a second slower than Glock, as Nico Muller (Audi) rounded out the top 10.

Audi DTM newcomer Rene Rast, who already has three starts in the series to his name, was the fastest rookie in 13th place, just ahead of the returning Maro Engel (Mercedes).

2016 runner-up Edoardo Mortara, who left Audi for Mercedes over the winter, ended up 15th and just over a second off the pace, albeit only running on Monday and Tuesday.

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