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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.
% v0 }* x6 V) {3 f2 X# d3 U" 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.
( I* t6 z% W- e9 i) X- j' b5 F公仔箱論壇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.; ]/ p. M% a$ }& S D
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
" O6 {! j( h( a. {- ^0 ] @/ {6 r“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6 D6 _7 L. _% f9 j" L
“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
) v3 e1 a2 m; ^& x( D/ e; y: \, Ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“These were important points for the championship again.”
3 g+ P9 E V0 D5.39.217.76Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.
% P" @% j4 Z0 q! p$ g. XTVBNOW 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 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 u$ Z. c3 J1 c# G: Z3 J" D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.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- k: j. B5 w" z2 c
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.5.39.217.76( w- Y* c( a5 b5 h$ e
“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.4 _+ s9 W) W7 i& q# F* w- f
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& W4 g* }+ ]) {7 [! b. f$ s
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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