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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.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。3 Y8 k1 s; c1 b A2 P! Q- t0 F
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.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。2 _4 b3 ]& c! x* B2 |7 Z
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.公仔箱論壇1 y, G% w, ~, T3 H! P+ I* \
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
& m) C6 c+ z6 s9 z6 Z5.39.217.77“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.
( |/ ~ ?0 s9 z+ a“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
4 P( g. r0 t4 K* w6 _ z“These were important points for the championship again.”
; d# Q$ n8 L. g) }2 @8 l5.39.217.77Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.3 x# ~" p/ ]: U) e$ @; b% n9 U0 b6 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; U! q& a) s6 d3 U- c
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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% {' t. \8 R% @6 L
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
4 z/ e( o6 A! ?2 Z- e0 ]& g( Y“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.
9 g- Q2 r. M/ @$ D \“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”" l2 x' U* @2 ~* I. n- |* P
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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