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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.公仔箱論壇4 f# ?( n1 l" ^4 `+ U# Z) H7 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.5.39.217.76) H) Z! o9 d- V2 x: b _( A# ?
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.
! w$ |$ P$ ^5 t+ n+ B1 s+ Wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbRockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
1 d) {& }; D$ P6 \8 w公仔箱論壇“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; i& k' H- Z0 Q3 D# k
“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
6 ?; \' X+ ]1 F, e$ q! {" _, x“These were important points for the championship again.” u. e6 L! {( c; c6 U' A1 V7 G
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.6 {; q- v# @$ I
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.
6 _ f! A0 J3 ~! b6 LTVBNOW 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。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.公仔箱論壇% d8 f" P, B- h: s$ o( q. V
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
. j+ R3 S5 g3 m8 r- C# i/ ^- ]“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.
0 @4 T1 I5 Q3 _“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
* f! ]& M. {7 Z+ ?. P: d% @% d- ATVBNOW 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。Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |