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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-10.5.39.217.77, m6 h4 p' i6 F0 u0 G8 D0 S
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.* w! X5 b- {7 b; ~! L6 G
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.
/ v9 y! `6 ^& \+ B/ iRockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
1 W# y3 I0 I5 @: F$ K' G0 E“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.
* ` u" k( k* I- Ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
+ w# C* R& n3 p“These were important points for the championship again.”
4 b. Y3 I* a" L8 q2 T: VRockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.
# J' c s2 Y1 H- N5.39.217.77The 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" C3 R* s9 d# S" a
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,bttvb/ E+ V r$ Q: B% C
“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: a9 U+ k& }: C0 n; s" C! X
“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! V/ A: `, @. ?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
3 C+ d, f- X4 q! Q公仔箱論壇Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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