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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.公仔箱論壇2 ~7 n4 r5 a8 e; |
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.公仔箱論壇* X' ~0 c- a, l3 H
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.
' F9 s6 h! F$ x3 c+ f0 T! m5.39.217.76Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
+ L" C+ @! l! `9 i3 ~' a# R: {“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.
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' E' D6 w& Z- q“These were important points for the championship again.”
( V7 B/ i i8 q" {) o5.39.217.76Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.
5 B$ o. c6 W1 N2 I9 N: f, k- [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.
; _- l! V7 {. [9 Z2 N6 LHowever, 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.
, F( [! m0 @# U* r- C公仔箱論壇“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.( |) X3 u6 S" A
“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.
4 f2 k6 D3 w2 L/ B7 V) m“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”- A) Y# J" B! r- m! C
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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