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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.
6 B4 n# H1 e6 d. T4 h5 v) QAfter 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.
- u8 L% Q" p$ q) V9 G- SDespite 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。) x- Z5 Y, b- v1 T. w+ E
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.5.39.217.77( L! _- k% a F6 K$ m: w
“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.
' V0 v0 W* G2 R“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
0 h! ]6 z* ]: R# F“These were important points for the championship again.”
- W) H2 W' [9 YTVBNOW 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。Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013. w* `. y8 t% J: 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.
9 T9 L& {; w3 W! U `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.
/ Z: r' R% V# _/ t4 N) Ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
: G& T9 W; u3 E" g0 d1 T1 f“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.
$ K5 a1 t% i, i$ u“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
9 S0 D7 X g5 S$ M! n- P& o, b公仔箱論壇Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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