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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.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。$ }$ p3 ]1 X/ e' S' E. q
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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 G, H' ]; I1 H3 R
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.8 r: e* h( q6 o9 x3 y
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
+ j+ h- }- _( F# 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.
1 J$ R3 }. ~% L S4 S“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
: C) }5 h3 R. a- E“These were important points for the championship again.”% l Z3 ^" t6 s$ y6 N
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.
$ _) o# b9 V* k1 r* ?5 ~! KThe 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." s$ L$ F" @4 _/ P4 O9 O" Z2 O6 r
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.公仔箱論壇/ E) {+ O$ T3 N
“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。5 y- O* I8 Q& X* K6 w
“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.: p7 Z3 D! o& P! L$ H D6 b4 Z+ a
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”公仔箱論壇2 d$ L3 C+ Y3 e M* ~7 _/ o
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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