Audi’s Jamie Green headed a British 1-2 in first practice for the DTM at the Moscow Raceway, with Mercedes’ Gary Paffett in second and Audi’s Mike Rockenfeller in third.

Green posted a time which was just half a tenth faster than long-time rival Paffett, who had been fastest before Green pipped his time in the final third of the session.

Rockenfeller was an impressive third, despite racing with a special racing shoe adaptation after he fractured the fifth metatarsal of his left foot in a shunt at the previous round.

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“I’m quite happy to be in the car, and that I could drive,” said Rockenfeller after the session. “I think we can improve a little bit – the pedal assembly and the way they are set up – to improve the performance. But in general I think I can be quite happy with how things ran in the session.”

Mercedes’ Paul di Resta was fourth, having topped the times early on in the half-hour session, ending up just over a tenth off the pace.

The leading BMW driver was Team RMG’s Augusto Farfus in fifth, ahead of Audi’s championship leader Mattias Ekström in sixth.

Almost all cars were covered by less than a second, with just Mercedes duo Robert Wickens and Maro Engel not covered by the margin in 17th and 18th respectively.

Second practice takes place at 10:50 local time (08:50 BST, 09:50 CEST) on Saturday morning.

Session results