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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.
+ \2 K. Y7 i0 Q6 Q: N6 R7 t" P% V5.39.217.77After 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.
1 i, [* R. W! Z' q( 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.
3 h4 t" k- n3 h" q; ]Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.公仔箱論壇9 j/ f. l3 f9 N) G. m. V
“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.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。! a) W8 G2 l2 x K4 Z" L
“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
{, A! Y$ A% `: E5.39.217.77“These were important points for the championship again.”tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 P" |, s* c, @' Y2 E V2 {& @5 C
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb+ _4 l# v: R6 ]( B
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.
5 t8 {* A! X& E- ?" o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." s/ W% ]) X1 A A0 T
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
# l" z( e/ V- o% D K0 b. aTVBNOW 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。“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.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。- _0 c( |" w* A; P: y$ @* t1 \4 Q( x# m
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ }+ r( y- {& y
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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