0 X* Y$ ]: Z( z7 e% _tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAudi’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.
( w- ?4 U8 f8 `. d1 u" N0 ftvb 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.
; g ^7 t# T7 Q* X5 j8 Gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbDespite 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.
: {7 J1 h( t* I% qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbRockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
! \! [) J% I. `! c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.
3 t5 T, s& p# M9 r: L5.39.217.77“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.5.39.217.773 H+ t" O+ x- ^/ A3 I' f4 M! T/ H
“These were important points for the championship again.”1 @0 F' }/ H& {8 u( ^. H
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.
# j0 R% ^* A1 | {1 n' B公仔箱論壇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.
9 M! }$ l8 X: M5 }% w [' G公仔箱論壇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.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。. I9 g3 A7 B, |8 b. ]0 Y
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
) T( v; Y% i$ g7 \9 r6 ^2 Ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“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.
! \: B. |9 ]; mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”3 c; o+ C# ^ t$ h4 f
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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