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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.
: L8 D' M' }9 n3 J, oAfter 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.
6 V7 s' { D3 p1 h! V8 X+ J* H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/ E/ \9 K) u0 S. B3 z: e
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
' }2 B; w8 W Utvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“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.5.39.217.76/ Z6 u. |. U& L7 U. ]
“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
0 N' H5 D, t! p! B* v' `% X“These were important points for the championship again.”
; u" U- v) D9 C) F% I' O3 ERockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.; t S& |" Q9 X
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." ^7 R' c5 p2 D+ v! U
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.
9 e) V' I9 g ^7 Z2 x# x“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.. |4 I; u: Q' o1 o [3 Y1 J; f' Y
“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.
: w( a0 }- K# b/ p% T( t5 l: p% U6 ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
P0 U1 ?6 q2 M% S6 z) J8 {% r5.39.217.76Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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