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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.
% [* k# }3 N' ZAfter 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.5.39.217.76" j5 [3 }- b6 r! R+ O( t6 L
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.
+ l9 @1 Z% ^! K3 @1 ]Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.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。) K; V- t8 d; Q. a6 Q
“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.
% o, l4 E, G6 O; X; P/ g6 {, i“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.# e' y# \2 U$ _! L: k6 H. E6 C
“These were important points for the championship again.”
* d3 c7 [6 U7 @3 [1 a: n+ \" tRockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.
7 q: T6 i2 q+ ptvb 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 b6 N% ^) d" ^; ~7 w. Q. a
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. G& C/ R9 v3 X1 d1 r+ ]8 V% A3 \: q
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.公仔箱論壇. v% Q$ S; z* v! R' P8 M) O1 j
“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.公仔箱論壇6 u6 ]& V# ~9 L# ?
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
* B0 o; v9 j6 `; I1 [7 u' ^. PGreen has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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