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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 B4 s' m3 F- R4 t
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.
2 d0 U$ C* X: Q( |- J1 w0 @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.
+ F$ O7 T( C& G. @; A3 O l公仔箱論壇Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.5 f0 a1 f( m5 L
“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.
: \' ^+ f" Q c+ H& K: j公仔箱論壇“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
9 o) ~2 I! I5 t5 P9 C/ N5.39.217.76“These were important points for the championship again.”6 K% p( v3 C; Z( G% m& z- l
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.
& K ]. u- t6 `, I ~tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe 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.公仔箱論壇4 q, G9 @. g; `' T! U8 @
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 ~5 O: d$ @( p; Y( y" @! u“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.% V- X! Q& a& |4 J8 V& |6 \
“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.
: Y1 w# Y. w$ H$ D* Q/ h公仔箱論壇“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
! M* U% S" [; q9 D4 z" B" W \' YTVBNOW 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。Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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