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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.
0 I$ R1 z. x R% vtvb 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0 T* y4 {! B0 [0 l$ }& 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.
- z% u, w5 j# K8 W/ T" b5.39.217.76Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
$ _0 S9 c6 n# m* i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.
: U0 Q5 L( _5 |; y$ X0 i5.39.217.76“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
" f. c' h$ y$ v+ D: R* Y1 G1 f“These were important points for the championship again.”
4 |# r2 x6 _2 O6 i( `Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.公仔箱論壇# Q% r% Y* c& {+ _/ O- v8 l) A/ A
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.+ [2 O6 E Y9 L/ [* c% v
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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 ]* Z! i* g/ n* {' Q
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.公仔箱論壇4 K# F! G' h" B# z- O/ n2 |9 i( P
“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.
% l+ V. v/ I, E“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
; I* L9 ?! U: K9 D( Ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvbGreen has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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