After the victory in the 24 hours of Le Mans 2010, Mike Rockenfeller took a leap of quality. The German won the wheel of a pata negra in the DTM and after the first three races had responded to the confidence of Wolfgang Ullrich achieved victory in Zandvoort, the first of his career in the DTM, and becoming one of the claimants to the title match.
But after the terrible accident suffered the Saturday night in the 24 hours of Le Mans, Mike Rockenfeller could lose the quotation of the DTM at the Eurospeedway Lausitz and that it would not be fully recovered from the down. A situation similar to the occurrence with Sergio Perez in formula one. It must be said, Rockenfeller travelling at 300 km/h when he lost control of his Audi R18 to try to beat the Ferrari Italy 459 of JMW Motorsports. The impact is not seen in the images but were sensed the strength after seeing how pieces of carbon fiber fly as if confetti.
Thursday will be known if Rockenfeller is suitable for pilotor his Audi A4 R14 + , or if you need to view the races from the couch of his home in Switzerland. Rockenfeller, the pilot falling is confirmed reservation of Audi, Marco Bonanomi, could have an opportunity while it is possible that it provoked a chain reaction, giving Audi Audi A4 specification Rockenfeller 2009 to the motivated Martin Tomczyk and leaving the specification 2008 (Audi R14) for the Italian Grand Prix.
