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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.
$ C5 O3 w" f" Q( u. ztvb 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.
4 ?% e/ p P- E5.39.217.77Despite 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.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。+ m2 F& d& Q7 g9 u1 p
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.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。# Q/ q6 T: R! {4 P D0 [) G/ N
“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.
6 P, i6 {9 Q6 B7 htvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.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。* i% g# J5 B" |6 ] e; w
“These were important points for the championship again.”5.39.217.776 Z/ e0 A" P8 G
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$ c6 M6 h6 j+ Q+ L. 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb m4 {; J- m' n
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.5.39.217.77' @/ c7 s# w: x8 _
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
* m9 ]/ H! s7 ]* y5.39.217.77“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." s+ B r% N. ^. l. e
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”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。' ^$ l0 H+ k7 q5 ^3 x V7 \
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |