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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-10.2 x( D4 Y9 P; z8 c4 ^+ W( d
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.
7 _6 G4 @* Y6 B% q0 C1 ^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.
, k% Y6 h* O, U% r* N, [( S* ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvbRockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
. C1 _& I' T" i- K, Q( y“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.5.39.217.760 V, T0 }) `' W4 Q6 K6 S; W* ?. W
“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.5.39.217.76+ Q9 _1 i, ^; ]
“These were important points for the championship again.”
. [% c* t5 I& ?, ]$ N' T( N& J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.
+ A+ G$ d5 O/ j( j1 P( W8 ]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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' ]4 ^1 f. C% H; G3 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. W$ V3 X" }. M: _6 z
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
% `4 Y- \( ^% @+ h" W: F" @) 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。“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.! t, b' h' ~8 p
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”! Y7 F+ O) C9 P3 I2 c M n! {! E
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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