5 J$ ~& x; p" c, N# {- b$ k公仔箱論壇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 a- x+ b+ V: f% ?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./ M) ~- J5 t& E4 f6 ^
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.
' E" z0 _9 x" x# u. W1 y& ?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbRockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship./ g1 M4 ^( u9 n% o; d0 V
“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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 C5 s( g1 L6 R6 ~, \1 d& C$ e" O
“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.7 n) h6 W( T8 T& v
“These were important points for the championship again.”
- ?+ o7 D8 {& [/ [8 jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbRockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.
1 c7 I5 s" V' k2 P0 w# |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。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., G+ w {) J9 T0 w% b. {
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.
?$ i f9 N1 E# y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.5.39.217.76& U9 e8 b; O$ i3 E# N
“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.5.39.217.768 B3 m+ s( K+ S2 ~& |( m
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
2 _; F+ O* k3 H7 J5 c MGreen has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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