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
公仔箱論壇! l8 z2 u6 Y7 n- |6 f 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. ; }2 v+ m0 f9 W& U. g5 h公仔箱論壇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.5.39.217.76/ K9 x5 K3 z* I, B6 d& T
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.公仔箱論壇# N, c; C* e0 v
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.- M( {, J7 w4 [& \( L+ h2 \
“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. - V5 T( [" C4 ?* q4 Z“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home. / w# ?, A, Z% M3 |2 O5 P3 |( F6 Z“These were important points for the championship again.” 0 d: b% \3 L8 a4 x& r) Y$ F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. # S5 a& I# \9 W# ^ m5.39.217.76The 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7 T6 j6 Z; E3 A/ E) a( {5 N5 ?# Q! V
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.5.39.217.766 h1 t1 U) }: M
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green. . v7 }4 F k, o3 \“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. $ k! J3 Q! g( Z9 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。“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.” 3 A, o9 ~- {" D$ Q3 T3 ~Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points.
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