/ M# b' A5 D% Z9 d2 }6 \6 i/ O+ O5.39.217.77Audi’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.
w2 N. v) g4 v2 U( t2 G, v( ~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.
3 T2 r& f. [4 H) |( k+ S5.39.217.77Despite 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.公仔箱論壇2 b% ?6 [( k: L7 }
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
* D* v" @; H: ]“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.
) R. D% a9 ~' y公仔箱論壇“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.4 s; W, p( l* F% @7 m2 }
“These were important points for the championship again.”tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 f4 e5 I" f% B; ?- |# }
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.
) j( |9 ~, w' a7 B4 \# b: \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.6 o% d4 @: t- t
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.
+ P9 j7 R& |. ^% btvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
3 H1 ^' d8 u, b3 J+ m6 |* Y5.39.217.77“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.
, d. v- e5 N! b" WTVBNOW 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。“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”5.39.217.77: I+ W5 K% L* Q7 L+ x) I2 }" r
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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