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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.公仔箱論壇* R0 y4 q+ q' s0 r# j
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." u2 t! X" r% G% t0 ~- x; b- h% n& F- N
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.& C; ` B. M3 _: A. v1 C; J
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
1 V2 ?0 j' D5 L- B H# v7 r+ kTVBNOW 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.
! I) y ^: H+ x, i. M“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
" Q |3 v* X- G7 j0 E7 `1 Stvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“These were important points for the championship again.”5.39.217.764 b5 H3 B. Y2 b$ P+ C
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.
1 j5 E, p2 b! tThe 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.
7 Z4 k6 x1 z% Y! [0 \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.3 Q$ D4 d: ~* M. a( f) _
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.5 z& c& g. T+ o( s% i1 y
“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.公仔箱論壇4 r+ i4 w. F' H1 Q w
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”4 E+ K) B3 x! J: ?" c' n. n1 X
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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