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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., g. N8 E& S( R2 P7 z: o
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; s6 r0 Y: E6 j i0 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.5.39.217.76% H) D& N# m% D0 v8 h/ A4 ~
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.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。. ~% u6 m, ]! b/ C& g' m: b4 Q
“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: Z5 q9 q8 }/ |. N) B; Q9 Ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
" H3 o& |# q3 g公仔箱論壇“These were important points for the championship again.”9 D6 `8 L- v6 M4 S
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.4 F3 e3 c) k' Q% I9 n
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.
- ^3 f7 W4 p! d+ A7 h7 Z( H4 ^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.
! F; w, J7 z! r- N O# M0 b: {“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.$ h% Y' e; R! ~/ c6 q" D1 H
“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.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。# w/ |! B+ U' O* G- J n
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
6 F; G1 K0 D1 F3 B$ yGreen has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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