* W: u, ?# g4 m: ]. b5.39.217.77Audi’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.公仔箱論壇0 _8 \, ?$ x+ b x: {1 q `6 F
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.
1 J5 |$ G1 T9 e+ a" {( {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.
$ T+ w7 D7 c1 g7 y& fRockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
6 t) \- O1 _6 H" @4 n; k1 ~tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“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.
6 `8 ~( z+ ?) R' R, ]7 G公仔箱論壇“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
" n z* i/ R2 Ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“These were important points for the championship again.”& g" X1 Z; B5 D! B! [ f, ]
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.公仔箱論壇: W7 z$ W) c3 R# c; W4 Q. u
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.% }$ I) l ?1 ?1 H6 s; a6 O
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.
! r! @4 j- d8 O3 ?5 A: s“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
7 u0 a4 P8 a) m& l' K$ L5.39.217.77“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.
( ?7 h8 ?+ Z8 y& t# [' jTVBNOW 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.”1 P6 g' a- m2 b1 q: J' Z
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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