Timo Scheider continued to hold the flag high for Audi during the second official Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters-test day at Oschersleben. The German lapped the track in 1:21:644, being the only driver to come below 1:22. Second fastest was Markus Winkelhock, also of Audi, and third was the best Mercedes-driver - Bruno Spengler.
"It was a good day today. Our program has progressed nicely and I am relatively satisfied. We will continue tomorrow," said Spengler to DTM.de.
Jamie Green was fourth fastest with Audi-rival and newcomer Olivier Jarvis in fifth, only 0.081 seconds behind.
Ralf Schumacher spent a lot of time in the pits today due to a defect steering. The repair work took longer than expected and the previous Toyota F1-driver could not rejoin the track until 17.30 and drive the remaining 30 minutes of the test day.
"I only did 13 laps, and that was of course too little. I hope that things go better tomorrow and that I can make many laps," said Schumacher.
The Dane Tom Kristensen made his first ever laps in the 2008 specification Audi A4 today. During the day Kristensen managed a total of 91 laps and was happy.
"It was a very special moment to drive the new car for the first time. I noticed immideatly that the car is very different from the old one. We tried different settings on the car today and it responded very well," said Kristensen.
Mattias Ekström was absent from the test day because of his accident yesterday. According to our reports the Swede is OK and is only suffering from a minor headache.
