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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-10.5 r% b6 i0 B; ^; y" v$ M# U8 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.
+ o" @. N2 D6 r( T2 _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.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。. Z. Y! V S9 Z- Y9 R: [
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
2 i4 H( f$ k" u7 |" ^“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.2 b" _4 _ Y d# [1 a
“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home. T2 [$ j8 @4 k1 J
“These were important points for the championship again.”
* R X' P! n3 j; J9 G* \: F公仔箱論壇Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.
) S* c# S3 X6 ~公仔箱論壇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.
+ w; ~0 D! t, V4 H7 H$ T% |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.
- F% U9 }, i/ H1 Z4 M1 |+ w) XTVBNOW 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。“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.: d6 _' W* L7 B* i% X- W0 \$ O
“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.
; n) q* g; X4 K0 I9 l0 _“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”+ k1 K/ ]# I r, ?; P0 M0 d
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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