6 ?0 d5 J2 h2 e; G- p4 AAudi’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-10.9 M* {4 P# F# ]2 V
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.
9 s5 j4 a. r8 O/ T! r% itvb now,tvbnow,bttvbDespite 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.
: x$ B& @2 f5 WRockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
/ h1 d( ?! \- g$ h2 w" \“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.
. y) y+ Y6 H" ~# L5 T) }$ X' t' \- k“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' H N6 n8 b+ q/ _# F0 A/ u. X
“These were important points for the championship again.”
, {* r3 b9 {: K9 ~7 w% W* f; kTVBNOW 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。Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.. T0 T. T4 J3 V! J
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.$ Z% V# n- Y" [
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.' f2 X, b: N- I- l9 ^: I# a
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.5.39.217.76, y) _- s* D0 \; ]- H1 i
“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.
" F: X9 D$ y, r; ?+ }9 WTVBNOW 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。“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
& |# a1 [* z" W, h$ Ctvb now,tvbnow,bttvbGreen has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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