% q5 a4 H2 {6 V1 E4 S: ^0 u5.39.217.77Audi’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.
+ z' I$ n! k3 w7 s$ N; J NAfter 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.
- u$ {2 f4 b& @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.
1 _ d i& F1 m; S% v) |# V" ^5.39.217.77Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
, b, g( G3 b* h* B2 Jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“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.
/ ]2 K( R3 k, D“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
. _. c& J1 ^, FTVBNOW 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.”公仔箱論壇4 `, U0 C5 F, P, ?2 q) n5 N
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.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。7 H8 P' p1 i4 K" L7 W
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.
( n% P: A" @7 @+ DHowever, 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.
, F+ T; `% T+ ~1 I9 H5 e8 O5.39.217.77“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
* x5 t) ~. h) ?" O% p“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.( ^& c$ {6 B- v6 S1 n) C; J
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
% x# z# m; R) c, V1 U8 ^7 sTVBNOW 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。Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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