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Mercedes ended DTM pre-season testing on a strong note, with Pascal Wehrlein topping the final day of running at Oschersleben.

The Mercedes Formula 1 reserve driver led the way in the morning, despite a red flag-inducing spin, with a lap of 1m19.952s.

That put the 20-year-old, who was eighth in the 2014 standings, just 0.045 seconds clear of BMW's Augusto Farfus when the field stopped for lunch.

Having topped the first two days of running with Marco Wittmann and Tom Blomqvist, BMW dominated Thursday afternoon but Wehrlein's lap remained the best of the day.

"Today was good, and we were able to get in plenty of driving," he said. "I posted 144 laps to set the fastest time, ending this test week very positively."

Third in the morning, reigning champion Wittmann improved to a 1m19.990s to lead Antonio Felix da Costa, Augusto Farfus and Bruno Spengler as BMW swept the top four places.

Wittmann's effort elevated him to second overall ahead of Farfus and da Costa, with the top four covered by less than a tenth.

Paul di Resta made it a pair of Mercedes drivers in the top five, thanks to his 1m20.205s set in the morning, while the other two AMG entries of rookie Lucas Auer and Daniel Juncadella ended the day at the base of the timesheets.

Capping a low-key test for Audi, Adrien Tambay was the best of the marque's drivers in seventh overall, while Jamie Green was fifth in the afternoon to finish the day eighth.

A swap between Abt Sportsline drivers Tambay and Edoardo Mortara midway through the second session meant a total of 13 drivers logged laps once again.

The 2015 season starts at Hockenheim on May 1-3.

COMBINED THURSDAY TIMES:

Pos Driver Car Time Gap Laps 1. Pascal Wehrlein Mercedes 1m19.952s 144 2. Marco Wittmann BMW 1m19.990s +0.038s 164 3. Augusto Farfus BMW 1m19.997s +0.045s 127 4. Antonio Felix da Costa BMW 1m20.035s +0.083s 145 5. Paul di Resta Mercedes 1m20.204s +0.252s 169 6. Bruno Spengler BMW 1m20.208s +0.256s 171 7. Adrien Tambay Audi 1m20.270s +0.318s 89 8. Jamie Green Audi 1m20.459s +0.507s 112 9. Miguel Molina Audi 1m20.598s +0.646s 111 10. Mike Rockenfeller Audi 1m20.800s +0.848s 155 11. Edoardo Mortara Audi 1m20.994s +1.042s 30 12. Lucas Auer Mercedes 1m21.026s +1.074s 119 13. Daniel Juncadella Mercedes 1m21.098s +1.146s 86