2 O+ F6 ~! W! ^" O. sAudi’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.
7 }/ T# z# D' y* fAfter 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.
' M7 e1 R g: w- W1 A$ G( yDespite 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.
- C6 G, w8 W6 e7 B5.39.217.77Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
: ^7 h/ o7 f! p( u! 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.
; Z% [# P; W: s( `; I- n3 qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
) e1 T3 V. d% {* k5 \$ J# qTVBNOW 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.”
. p* a/ X1 n, O. M, `4 A5.39.217.77Rockenfeller’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。* _& U: |$ ?- s% M
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.
: f% M& c; I( h/ s$ H! d1 |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.
! F& }5 j, l& I/ a L“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
- H" A. @: U# q z9 t) U“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.
3 u% W7 E6 a/ D* g1 i7 OTVBNOW 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。“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
' p# k, l* M& r9 j! Y& BGreen has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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