H" }) d- p* s9 t) e5.39.217.76Audi’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.
& P/ G0 |) q L1 C; `4 r) k- @公仔箱論壇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.
, Y, v5 \/ N4 `4 h3 R7 z" W: x5.39.217.76Despite 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$ e$ t- y( U& E3 n; _9 ^ |& r
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
8 G2 \5 r% q, J1 d, Utvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“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0 o. \, K6 p( L0 O
“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.9 Z" E1 u: S5 {: v" ^- i. |
“These were important points for the championship again.”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。8 X) {8 e' f# S" M- e+ @
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.
?1 a8 }5 H* g2 ?, z8 n5 G& P0 F" CThe 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.
& o. u1 X/ s @, T# t6 i( a1 `5.39.217.76However, 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.
* t2 \9 X: A/ o7 r* Y4 ~公仔箱論壇“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& Y7 m r6 L' 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.
* v8 J6 U3 |8 ~( L# v“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% {7 [ E( T, T- Z M# Y
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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