- f" y1 @' i: k( A7 EAudi’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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 ~4 [+ ^# R2 `( r$ 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.
" s: m! z1 S! }3 q6 e8 r4 I% k5.39.217.76Despite 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.
. w0 B/ O, K% ^$ k4 DRockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
$ L( U6 H8 k, ^/ h+ b+ 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。“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.
4 }& m; ^' u5 `6 d$ ^; hTVBNOW 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。“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
: c# D2 n% s; J4 o! Q. {4 @ F( _tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“These were important points for the championship again.”- G( b4 U4 f* E& l9 U1 q" x
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.3 F" |4 h6 X5 r- K y
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.
) Y% k& q; D$ k5 `- j. @0 N; Y公仔箱論壇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.1 V# Y! r' L2 @# w, s% z
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.# {) E6 q Y$ k' u; p
“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." p* U0 D2 E h' q' S$ C
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”) Y$ Q( L" C2 X, f" k9 Z
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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