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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." s. t5 ^# m, {1 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.7 v) I; v6 G* C2 c; w; V
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.( \7 i4 m; v4 @) P6 [
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
( w9 \& f, S/ L“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.
7 V7 D' E. t1 J9 A4 x/ CTVBNOW 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。“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
* E4 E1 ^0 g( S W7 O+ J9 { S. i公仔箱論壇“These were important points for the championship again.”
' l! A, T9 P# C: u5.39.217.77Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.
) T; a! d( c0 H5 S6 ?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.
+ F8 {1 F5 e0 h* L: k+ ]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.5.39.217.770 K( E" v j9 E9 p
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
9 h6 B7 n. ~6 ~tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. X6 ~- A5 H, c, a
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
; A7 }4 j! ?5 M4 s公仔箱論壇Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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