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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.
8 _+ o |7 P) `6 j* J7 btvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAfter 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.公仔箱論壇2 w- P/ I& y7 v1 s
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.
& q$ d, T& R8 Y- { U公仔箱論壇Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
9 p* m {# w- f4 G M. X/ fTVBNOW 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.公仔箱論壇) q6 I+ Z$ K# A% D- m
“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
L8 L$ t1 m3 s. @6 l. Ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“These were important points for the championship again.”
1 i2 l ]9 K: i/ {Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.
# y3 @, @; {- K( U1 m: WThe 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.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。* U/ M+ _; o9 q8 \9 \4 W1 I
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.! A0 h' U& T% {, m$ A- b* K. x/ ?
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
- z' v& [* }0 i4 e, rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“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.
. R1 a- q8 z% _+ m6 @+ W3 ^公仔箱論壇“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
0 b( Y2 q( U; S5 H* ~" y. s2 f公仔箱論壇Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |