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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 N$ z/ A; k8 Q. S8 \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.
5 ~2 @' ?1 u k" g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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% W* a( f: N7 i8 ?- r
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
R$ m8 @ T9 j0 t6 K6 E“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,bttvb9 _% B+ K8 @: h/ h
“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.+ h0 y8 m5 F% F3 L: @% ^
“These were important points for the championship again.”
; J. f. F/ w/ Q' F7 ^7 O' T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.公仔箱論壇; g- l s% S0 k% \8 x* j
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.5.39.217.767 I* z% Q% h" G- P3 G; [8 ^1 v0 h4 c
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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 h1 e! h0 f: A/ l; u9 ]. Q
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. B: B( L {% l% `
“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.
( u i+ k6 h3 g- ^6 Q1 m1 \“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”- u: K$ k! |1 |% w+ ?4 X3 F
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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