標題: [賽車] Audi’s Rockenfeller and Green pleased with double podium [打印本頁] 作者: Geofredo 時間: 2013-9-16 04:45 PM 標題: Audi’s Rockenfeller and Green pleased with double podium
7 _- e2 c; S' N0 XAudi’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-10.1 g9 R! [. t/ M
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. - W* N. N9 W" W% m# u! r j: R5.39.217.76Despite 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.( E M+ k! I' N! E, Q U% w
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship. 2 Z# M; m( a( |8 vTVBNOW 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 s1 d2 v( t6 V: V4 J- v3 |5 N, n
“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.5 W& l& n: Y$ R' p$ n8 D3 u8 |
“These were important points for the championship again.” 3 I4 l9 g3 m6 u, i4 A公仔箱論壇Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.公仔箱論壇2 t+ \* u, X' D9 T
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.5.39.217.767 Z1 b8 {' Y/ A% b0 ]3 O* I# E/ 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. ' x5 W, M3 H7 U& T“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green. 2 A# }/ M' |% D. _" z/ m“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. 5 q% K' `# n$ Z# H0 l6 k' X5.39.217.76“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”公仔箱論壇7 B3 @5 s V F% v5 R/ L) V
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points.
