% l7 [$ i j$ g7 Q% Q% w5.39.217.76Audi’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4 u' y" b2 F/ x8 T
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.
/ v1 h1 m" x; r公仔箱論壇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.
4 ]* N; H/ ^- ?5 B' \) ^7 _5.39.217.76Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
; ^: L! x) H. c" f“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,bttvb8 b& e- @( e- u9 J* @ ?2 Q2 F
“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
: N9 S3 V: @8 r公仔箱論壇“These were important points for the championship again.”
2 ^4 u/ g( I8 u. D Qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbRockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 m; q, r. T' J8 L$ g6 @3 n0 I
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.5.39.217.760 R9 N1 k& _* C; u5 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 b$ m7 L5 c8 K) R6 W
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
9 Y: t8 R3 @6 Q/ u* y; B. o公仔箱論壇“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.* e4 U$ L9 G6 t% l0 n, `; a
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”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。# `7 F) v0 m2 Q* s8 e7 x1 G
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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