S; H# _* [7 K+ \3 p# s5.39.217.76Audi’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.
D8 i# e6 g1 ~" O \9 ?2 S5.39.217.76After 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: O6 O/ `, h; a) q' C5 o
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.) ^& C& {3 E/ l
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.. `0 O w ], V& i6 i: q
“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. S* u" t4 I' A
“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 T$ E' A7 H& d! N2 Z3 t
“These were important points for the championship again.”
2 z2 f. H" v- J7 N u. j5.39.217.76Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.
& F; j( d2 j. \$ y, @2 JThe 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.
+ c8 l$ f, e7 z) O1 MHowever, 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.
' ^! O$ [# N9 L0 X5.39.217.76“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
- ?* ?+ }; e/ u; J, s公仔箱論壇“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.; E" c* H0 e& N: ^% [7 G" N' B2 a: x
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
; E% X9 n; L3 M- Q4 o8 z3 v9 mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbGreen has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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