Rockenfeller's road to DTM kingship
A second-place finish at Zandvoort was enough to make Mike Rockenfeller the 2013 DTM champion. Writing ahead of the weekend, JAMIE O'LEARY recounts the sportscar star's transformation into a tin-top ace
Mike Rockenfeller arrives at Zandvoort this weekend knowing that a second-place finish will make him DTM champion for the first time.
Only Augusto Farfus can deny the 29-year-old Phoenix Audi driver a crown he has long desired; one that will appease Audi's dismal memories of a 2012 season - the first of the series' new era - in which only one of its drivers won a race.
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