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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.
+ l" v) w1 q: |" 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。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.5.39.217.763 e% W$ m& A3 a2 E! [- V
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.
0 _3 v5 e2 m* z' q8 \tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbRockenfeller 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。. \" k9 K E: \3 p# Y+ {' K8 C
“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.
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“These were important points for the championship again.”7 m# [( J. \5 W( N3 {2 Y# N: q
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.
" t% N; K4 Z) P5 J2 x9 e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.
, _0 {# b! ^& T% E% a; p+ dHowever, 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.
2 K1 ~3 Q8 A/ N公仔箱論壇“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
0 ^9 I2 [; X' |- z# V; ^tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“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.
4 `+ M! R" ?0 b. o“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
. L: M+ p' M! T `3 U$ v" OGreen has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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