; r, K6 [ J8 u2 `$ G3 HAudi’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% V' ?5 a/ a# y
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.
% N. w! o' ?7 t7 O9 _" e- q0 p# }) d公仔箱論壇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.
& v: p7 [3 j3 ]* I5.39.217.76Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
' G R$ |$ F' E* {1 d1 ]4 z4 I/ UTVBNOW 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 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.5.39.217.762 c' l4 C R9 M, P6 r; R9 z
“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
( e& W: h7 I7 `, B+ [% j; H公仔箱論壇“These were important points for the championship again.”
E, N9 A) @& b3 S0 y/ sTVBNOW 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.
5 p' b* D& l2 h2 z) o* P5.39.217.76The 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.
* @( v. j; ~3 jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHowever, 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.: o" n, u2 n& a4 a% j+ c
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
) V1 U1 l: c% n0 qTVBNOW 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。“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.% a) {& I/ l. J4 g0 h8 ]9 o- I7 m
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
# v6 T X# B9 Z( N: c/ F, b公仔箱論壇Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |