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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.
8 N4 w0 [( w8 }5 O. y# ~After 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% a. h7 d4 \) j9 I. Atvb 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.
6 A% B. X" y7 U+ Y+ P- K& }公仔箱論壇Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- B& M# `+ H+ 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.
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“These were important points for the championship again.”
8 @+ W- a' |( f9 g5.39.217.77Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.
" G+ W8 U$ r f- a) kThe 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.
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“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
5 z) ~$ _3 z5 R0 C: ~7 e) I+ z/ Ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“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.& t$ z% g# Y8 c- D4 U+ H: ?
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
! g# J6 ]( D/ L# v# k9 k, z: KGreen has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |