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Audi’s Mike Rockenfeller and Jamie Green are thrilled with their 2-3 finish in today’s race at Oschersleben, on a day when all eight Ingolstadt cars finished in the top-10.
6 k( U6 m/ x& V* H' {+ [; i1 E公仔箱論壇After dropping to fourth on the first lap, Rockenfeller pitted early on lap three and optimised an early standard-option-standard strategy to finish second and take his fourth podium of the 2013 season.+ X8 \3 |: p) D; d) V3 N# [
Despite dropping two points to race winner, Augusto Farfus, in the title race, the Phoenix Audi driver has moved even closer to claiming his first DTM title.
- [ p4 x- Y5 ~! n5 I, @5 X9 M5.39.217.76Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
1 q# u2 W# h+ K% h+ v! G* R公仔箱論壇“The second place feels good,” said Rockenfeller after the race. “For a brief moment, I was thinking that I might be able to win, [but] today, Augusto was in a class of his own.
* Y2 p* q! u; f2 H4 vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home. d: A. E) d1 s5 ^
“These were important points for the championship again.”TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。" ^6 J. U3 j; n# K# s; I$ Q" L! z
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.公仔箱論壇 t8 q- _* b$ S+ ]. p
The Leicester man inherited pole after Bruno Spengler was handed a five-place grid penalty, but lost out on the start and did not challenge Rockenfeller for the second spot on the podium in the latter stages of the race.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。- N' u/ V0 N) m
However, Green feels he now has the confidence and speed in his Abt Sportsline run RS 5 DTM to challenge for wins in the two remaining races.3 V+ G, D5 _+ J% g
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。% I$ L. V' U4 F. k+ T9 H! s
“Surely, I should be able to do better than take third place, [but] I’m happy about my improvement, [because] my speed in the race was really good.
% d+ X/ j9 j* \. z; X* a“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”公仔箱論壇 { {) r" ]' C m7 |
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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