The DTM is already battling massive heat on the first day of practice at the Lausitzring, as evidenced by the occasional swimming pool positioned in front of the team trucks. Only Mercedes-AMG seems to be comfortable with temperatures exceeding 30 degrees: DTM leader Maro Engel secured the fastest time of the day in the second session with a 1:20.408, ahead of his Landgraf brand mate Lucas Auer, who was just two thousandths of a second slower.
Third place went to Arjun Maini (+0.079), the best of the two Ford Mustang drivers, who had already dominated the official test day. The Indian driver was the fastest in the first session with a 1:20.986 - set on used tyres. Fourth was Manthey Porsche driver Thomas Preining (+0.212), who recorded an even faster first sector before running into traffic.
