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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.
1 _) ?: ^4 z8 \tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAfter 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。) C6 @) `) l% V9 W* d7 k
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.. F: B% k: N* e* Y% }, \' ~
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.7 o% R0 W. N0 O$ a! _2 S
“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.
# S5 C- w" y; d: k1 [. d' N“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
Y/ i5 ?; \; A5 o& |5.39.217.77“These were important points for the championship again.”
; M" U0 v; V- H: ?5.39.217.77Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.5.39.217.77) }8 L! y1 W$ L5 _$ N
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 V7 i, j0 X+ }tvb 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.5.39.217.77; [$ h* B8 r" B. }2 o4 N( r# I
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
9 L: t3 `* ]0 B* p! X) W1 X“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.
. h' j0 T/ P. X% N6 r3 y, t“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
* Z; @5 M, l4 g8 ` V7 wGreen has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |