Had Audi driver Tom Kristensen not jumped the start, which he received a drive through penalty for, and had he not collided with Maro Engel later in the race, then Audi might have been able to repeat the 1-2-3 triumph they achieved at Hockenheim since the Dane had qualified strongly in second place.
Audi motorsport director Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich was unsympathetic in his appraisal of Kristensen's performance.
"Kristensen messed up at the start and with a drive through penalty, you don't have any chance of a podium finish in the DTM," Ullrich asserted.
The Audi boss was nevertheless content with the overall result: "I am very happy that we have been able to score a 1-2 here. I am also very happy that Timo has made it. This season, he has been showing a strong performance from the very beginning. He was almost perfect at Hockenheim and he was really perfect here at Oschersleben."
Mercedes-Benz motorsport director Norbert Haug joined in praising the race winner: "Congratulations to Timo Scheider. I am happy that he has won a race after such a long time. He has deserved it. Even though we weren't really in contention for victory here, we were much closer than at Hockenheim a week ago."
Behind Green, Marcus Winkelhock, who was sixth, led a group of four Audi drivers with Mike Rockenfeller and Mattias Ekstrom filling in the final points paying positions and Alexandre Premat finishing ninth.
DTM novice and
F1 refugee
Ralf Schumacher only just missed out on a points-scoring finish in tenth place in his Mercedes. The 33-year old was only 1.891 seconds short of eighth place, while Prémat's Audi A4 DTM came even closer to the points by finishing ninth.
Mercedes drivers Gary Paffett, Bernd Schneider, Mathias Lauda and Susie Stoddart trailed shortly behind Ralf, with Oliver Jarvis fifteenth just in front of fellow Audi driver Christijan Albers, after receiving a drive through penalty for pushing another car.
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