I realise this is an old topic, but he isn't doing so bad in DTM, 16th in the final standings after the race in Hockenheim, and he still has alot of DTM fans with him, so destroyed his career? I don't think so, alot of F1 drivers go to DTM thinking that it is a step down, however it is less popular it is in fact very difficult, people like Coulthard and Glock now show us that F1 drivers don't have to be succesful in DTM.