Less than a second over Brunters, so not massively ahead.
1:18.05 v 1:17.18. Not a huge % margin. And despite claims, SSports on the Audi aren't buying it a great deal more time. Pushing it that last tenth on a track highlights issues with a chassis no tyres are going to fix. You'd not notice it on the road I'm sure.
Sport Auto had the RS3 faster around Hockenheim but slower around the Ring - so that 4WD really seems to buy it time out of slow bends, the BMW obviously dealing with faster bends better.
I expect you'd see similar here, as they did the AMG at Landow, which is very tight. Which means the RS3 certainly could/should keep it in reach.