5 ?9 a' {* j6 V' z. T公仔箱論壇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-10.5.39.217.768 Z0 H0 X8 h9 M! H5 A5 z
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.5.39.217.766 J7 j# b& f0 Z! i! M A
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.5.39.217.765 q/ @ j l& ]9 r- J1 ^2 c/ A/ `
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
* v1 l2 U$ I8 l( Y- ^2 L. {公仔箱論壇“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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 ~ p* f) S6 n* f) b. `2 ~2 O1 _) M
“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
+ R- W3 _* s$ ]" F$ @2 ?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“These were important points for the championship again.”
) a$ l, m4 O- `5 N0 [) ~# `4 iTVBNOW 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。Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.5.39.217.762 k% O. ~5 I6 Q c$ H0 E
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.公仔箱論壇/ k1 @4 G6 i# s2 j! q
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.
* Y: y) m! c) v# Z0 H* j) k' e* n“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.5.39.217.76$ r5 M* W8 W9 f
“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.# N4 p% L# @2 m Q( B* n* a6 A6 e
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
/ T m& L. L; D" V3 L7 ]Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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