2 z, n7 I& M. F" g% {5.39.217.77Audi’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! s4 g( Y, 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.
, r. n# T7 H- f+ `5 V# Y公仔箱論壇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.公仔箱論壇/ u( T+ Z7 W+ E/ u: [1 E/ y# L
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.5 I' [( q* k7 H y& m
“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.8 \1 H1 ^! h' z7 Z3 @3 j' @
“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.+ ^4 e' {% n% I; z& l
“These were important points for the championship again.”
5 d) _/ {. `4 D) T/ E: {tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbRockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; ~, n, F5 A) ?) |
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.5.39.217.77+ h! R0 r5 R( \0 q
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.
0 ?& l/ C: ~! @3 @ h; i( nTVBNOW 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。“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.公仔箱論壇. b2 X- q, }8 g) _$ L0 I% d, @
“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.$ ?( W- y j \* q: E/ U2 Q' Y
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”) g8 N) K1 k' g+ c z) z$ i4 O" T" r
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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