標題: [賽車] Audi’s Rockenfeller and Green pleased with double podium [打印本頁] 作者: Geofredo 時間: 2013-9-16 04:45 PM 標題: Audi’s Rockenfeller and Green pleased with double podium
tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 C# k6 C R8 _; g+ I& W, q 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. " ^* @4 M" b2 Z" }$ o9 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. / v' u V( E [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.2 r2 \5 L/ W7 w0 V' d! N; a6 k* }
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship. % \) \0 W* @) f6 Ltvb 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.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。( j% |; l/ \! s5 ^* Y# `
“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home. : ?) a! @' i& M( s. w5 x5.39.217.77“These were important points for the championship again.” 3 f, X l" l4 E+ C! \tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbRockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.: `5 l! L! y7 _9 ~- x3 _+ Q2 J
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.5.39.217.77( F% A9 J, J3 e9 c3 v' a: h9 N% r2 [6 H
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.公仔箱論壇* ^. ?5 K; B, ?
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.) l V' L( U( U; M
“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. / h9 r% N5 [& Z* T9 e“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.” * P& r% E7 d+ ?, V0 x( `: J# w5.39.217.77Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points.
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