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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.公仔箱論壇& x9 H5 a- s" t$ S# I1 h
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.5.39.217.762 J& n6 n/ @# r+ c+ B5 Q
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.
8 i- h ~5 j9 m0 l5.39.217.76Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; B& w* B) h: }+ U
“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.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。! A3 X4 o# Q3 i; P8 x# }/ Y8 Q* i
“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.公仔箱論壇" z _# g3 ^: u3 n& v
“These were important points for the championship again.”! E4 b* i' P1 I3 t
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.
1 n0 S! z0 t3 S, V& j. p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.# e+ D/ @( o1 Y, _5 b0 L
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.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 m: h4 B0 X. i3 O/ f8 h& |& K$ v- B
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 R3 f) @0 k4 s3 v7 w+ i. c( I+ n. U
“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.
: x! m" O/ x. {5 n; w7 h# ~公仔箱論壇“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
# U% n: C# U5 x. n* G4 M2 W0 @Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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