A surprising result from Friday practice at the Norisring: Ben Dorr secured the fastest time of the day in his Dorr-McLaren under sunny skies and 24-degree temperatures, clocking a 48.793 - leaving him 0.326 seconds shy of Jordan Pepper's qualifying lap record from last year.
Dorr's teammate Timo Glock (+0.374) finished in P14, outside the top group. The competition from Mercedes-AMG followed in second and third: Landgraf driver Lucas Auer finished 0.151 seconds behind in P2, while Winward's Jules Gounon was 0.175 seconds off the pace in third.