Factory BMW driver Rene Rast led a 1-2-3 result for the Bavarian marque in this week’s official DTM pre-season test at Hockenheim.
Three-time DTM champion Rast set a best time of 1m37.077s on the second and final day of the running at the Hockenheimring to top the timesheets ahead of Schubert Motorsport team-mates Sheldon van der Linde and Marco Wittmann. Most of the test’s quickest laps were set during the final session on Wednesday afternoon, which was also the longest of the two-day test at three hours and 55 minutes.
Both Guven and Preining set their quickest times on Tuesday afternoon, suggesting they left more pace in their cars. Indeed, Rast’s chart-setting time was almost three down on Preining’s pole lap of 1m36.800 from last year’s season finale. Preining himself only managed a 1m37.536s in this week’s Hockenheim test, a tenth down on team-mate Guven’s 1m37.414s flier. Group photo with all drivers.
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