! q4 O& h0 ~3 S% 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。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.
8 h5 J& c& a% {7 X( V3 O# HAfter 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.
P! s$ e/ `4 ]2 I5 S+ P- wDespite 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.
4 U4 r( k# ^1 G5 t5.39.217.76Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.5.39.217.768 q) j, N1 O1 Q* J9 k
“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.
! z4 j }/ P3 S0 J5 A. T% r“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
2 s# `; ?" i) W8 ATVBNOW 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。“These were important points for the championship again.”5.39.217.762 k) p) q5 z/ @/ a4 H; l
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 N6 n8 V5 K P- l0 n( D
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.( Y2 C* A4 S2 q$ p% |
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,bttvb3 |% p* }3 J" l# D& r
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.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。9 S$ B. L9 |' S5 C7 a
“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( z2 a. n7 i- [0 b% R* m- D
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
$ b0 b/ {" c2 Q1 ^, n7 w8 H: \+ Ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvbGreen has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |