Marco Wittmann tops first free practice in Moscow

Reigning champion Marco Wittmann set the fastest time in the first free practice session that took place this afternoon at the Moscow Raceway, host of the sixth round of the 2015 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season. Wittmann clocked a best lap of 1:29.076 at the wheel of his BMW M4 DTM.

Standings leader Mattias Ekström was second for Audi, lapping 0.264 seconds off Wittmann’s time. Bruno Spengler was third, confirming the good form for BMW, 0.303 seconds away from his team mate.

Audi’s Edoardo Mortara was fourth fastest, followed by BMW’s Augusto Farfus and António Félix Da Costa. Miguel Molina was seventh in his RS 5 DTM, , ahead of Martin Tomczyk and Timo Glock, who followed for BMW.

Daniel Juncadella tenth and fastest man for Mercedes AMG, lapping 0.634 seconds off Wittmann’s time in his C63 DTM.

Audi’s rookie Antonio Giovinazzi, who takes Timo Scheider’s seat at Team Phoenix after his exclusion for the events at Spielberg, was 23rd and penultimate in his first ever DTM official session, 1.130 seconds away from Wittmann.