* _+ S9 Z' C. Z ]0 @; M. X% F5.39.217.76Audi’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! V$ O/ {/ q1 s. C6 G
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.
% s7 Y2 j4 k' E% F; ]7 K% i! L1 ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvbDespite 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.- K' {' Z; X) J+ `+ X5 G
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 H7 a0 h$ N" r! `6 F* \( n
“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.
0 z0 Q3 n- o5 j7 m0 D5.39.217.76“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.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。. F+ o% W( E! i# x8 l! S
“These were important points for the championship again.”5 ~7 @9 E" T) |- K( |
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.' `8 g1 F% P* {/ V
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.
& j4 L& y7 p2 t+ \1 \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.公仔箱論壇" l( m4 N5 v9 S1 }4 d
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# q, v+ S N7 |. v
“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6 M. J' J* _7 h. S ~) C+ f& b$ W
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
4 u, M* Z) U1 s+ g, `$ @tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbGreen has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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