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Arjun Maini secures Ford’s fastest time in the first DTM practice session

Ford sets the fastest time in an incredibly close first DTM practice session at the Lausitzring. Arjun Maini set the fastest time in the first practice session in the spectacular and thunderous Mustang GT3.

This article is an automatically generated English version. The Original Article was published in German.

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Ford sets the fastest time in the first DTM practice session at the Lausitzring. Indian driver Arjun Maini set the fastest lap in the Haupt Racing Team Mustang GT3. Maini completed the circuit in 1:20.986 minutes.

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Lucas Auer came second in the Landgraf Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3. In an incredibly close session, he was just 0.006 seconds off the fastest time.

Mirko Bortolotti, driving the Grasser Racing Team’s Lamborghini Temerario GT3, rounded off the top three.

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Pos
#
Driver
Driver
Team
Rounds
Time
Fastest Lap
Points

01

14

Placeholder - Racer

Matteo Cairoli

Emil Frey Racing

42

58:55,357

1:20,669

27

02

7

Nicki Thiim

Nicki Thiim

Comtoyou Racing

42

+0,413

1:20,601

21

03

64

Finn Wiebelhaus

Finn Wiebelhaus

HRT Ford Racing

42

+5,392

1:20,756

16

04

36

Arjun Maini

Arjun Maini

HRT Ford Racing

42

+8,118

1:20,423

16

05

63

Mirko Bortolotti

Mirko Bortolotti

TGI Team Lamborghini by GRT

42

+8,607

1:21,000

11

06

130

Luca Engstler

Luca Engstler

Abt Sportsline

42

+17,956

1:21,224

10

07

80

Maro Engel

Maro Engel

Mercedes-AMG Team Ravenol

42

+25,406

1:21,020

9

08

11

Marco Wittmann

Marco Wittmann

Schubert Motorsport

42

+26,399

1:21,555

8

09

3

Kelvin van der Linde

Kelvin van der Linde

Schubert Motorsport

42

+26,427

1:20,678

7

10

91

42

+28,952

1:21,541

6

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