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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.
4 ?+ i5 \# r, _3 Jtvb 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.
. J1 }. \& U5 h, P& W9 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.
. R0 ~2 [( a6 S( ?% S1 C. B' y- P5.39.217.76Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.5.39.217.768 @( e3 I ^: 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.5.39.217.76) y$ L0 t% L: Q9 W
“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。) m9 C- {7 U, F! J
“These were important points for the championship again.”tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 A n6 A0 A9 ?: G7 l. a) R
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.
4 G) T& p7 X$ {# aThe 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.
2 t0 Q8 M" e5 T2 Z5.39.217.76However, 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.
$ R* `0 \* f$ h0 s( z“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.! G# v2 `+ i0 }( u5 B. j
“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.5.39.217.766 X5 u3 T2 B1 K1 f9 G4 S
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
+ I! J3 L( Q$ I) jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbGreen has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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