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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-10.5.39.217.77- G0 F, i0 e7 ^6 b
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.
5 P8 l2 ^, T' S5.39.217.77Despite 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., p% f& \' g' t9 u) }' G9 [
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# f/ \/ q5 }' t! z
“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.
$ G7 u" P4 F& l6 m* Z5 `$ Ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# L+ m! F* w" T: H: I
“These were important points for the championship again.”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。$ Z! H' b" z* ^) N: F% b5 S
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.
* r" S1 j) n' {( D0 }! ]. [" wThe 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.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。5 {; v- A# L9 G3 i* s
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.
/ m* s {& }& |) D8 d* }) }) d% Ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
/ x3 u5 g8 y# B6 e公仔箱論壇“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.
& D+ d8 j' H& ~( I, R. v0 C“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”& N U$ Y: k6 S( S* w5 Y
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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