6 _7 V2 {% U8 N- {' \# E# }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.
- u& I/ [! g; f: h& Q; M: otvb 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( h' k ~3 g& C9 F0 [: w
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.8 |& X2 M) @" V9 ^9 ~
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
$ v. y( J# D. `" W- q3 _1 t& K$ J# r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 H% J: i( o+ D' c9 S4 j9 y“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
9 ~$ u# L0 }1 v" pTVBNOW 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。“These were important points for the championship again.”- A% I* n1 N6 A9 b2 A! ], m* {
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.
8 g: x9 [4 ~* o8 G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.
( O6 v5 ^5 H1 _8 w4 |& `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.
5 J* e) e; b. O f3 C5.39.217.77“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green./ C( F$ \: R, U2 p6 Y
“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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: T/ L: }* r, F9 x) h
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
6 y& w* ~1 ~- zGreen has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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