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
2 I7 B' \5 y7 f7 u$ ~% A. ]# i. J# k 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.公仔箱論壇& E% K4 ]) M9 O3 Z: I: L# r
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。7 Y P: m3 r+ O) ~; ^. b
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.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。6 l- w1 q- s6 W. j9 w
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' V* w4 ~: \/ n& g3 I9 @$ T
“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. " x4 S* @/ e, A“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.& T* z7 j2 J, t3 H$ {/ S' O
“These were important points for the championship again.”5.39.217.773 X2 C9 N! m/ F D9 l
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013. ( J- p8 R3 K; A& H( `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. 8 ?& g* x2 v3 N- gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHowever, 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. : \% p1 I- P# U4 h* _6 B5 V8 D; @tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green. ! r0 I. P, U" S“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. + p* D: q0 w7 i* T“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”公仔箱論壇7 e8 Z9 ^2 @2 N0 w) P! z
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points.
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