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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.' e: `+ P7 U- ]1 d: m: `; M
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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) L1 x9 p- ^6 N2 m8 w N% F
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.: B2 H/ t/ k$ l. w( d
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 M2 o z* z+ t! v+ R' W& R: V5 K
“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.4 E2 |6 i4 I& }; a5 x
“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home., K* V; L) w x8 b& f6 b! {" s
“These were important points for the championship again.”
4 i4 K4 ?1 u% B4 G( u4 v0 ? rRockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.
3 e# J- D+ G+ y; ^+ Ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe 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.
( \% s* A% X* P9 O公仔箱論壇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.
8 c Y5 a' w% W8 ?/ |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.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。( o7 E% [8 b+ |$ w
“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.& G( T! B7 T9 u0 K4 r" c
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”5.39.217.773 G4 @3 h( G! x- _, F% h
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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