 Zanardi went onto pit road for his last stop on lap 142 . When attempting to re @-@ enter the track , " he seemed to accelerate too early " , according to the Associated Press ' recap . Zanardi could not control his vehicle 's rear end , and the car slid sideways onto the track , after having gone through grass . After Carpentier veered up the track to narrowly miss Zanardi 's car , Tagliani drove straight into it at an estimated speed of 200 miles per hour . The impact split Zanardi 's chassis into two pieces and littered the circuit with debris . The drivers were taken by airlift to the Klinikum Berlin @-@ Marzahn hospital . Following the accident , the last 12 laps were run under a caution flag . There was one further retirement , on lap 153 ; Christian Fittipaldi pitted due to a fire in the back of his car and dropped out . Bräck won the race , finishing ahead of Papis and Carpentier , who were second and third respectively . Andretti took fourth place , followed by Oriol Servia in fifth , Takagi in sixth , and Kanaan in seventh . De Ferran , Scott Dixon , and Tracy rounded out the top ten . 
