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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-10.5.39.217.774 b1 u+ k* X$ ^- _
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.- Y4 W0 J8 c, v2 W1 U+ G7 G
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.' R! O( D& E& O) h5 Z) p* e
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
/ r* N: k* y! u* |9 o' `5.39.217.77“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.
* G0 E- ^% G. ^# U, D公仔箱論壇“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.$ B P8 c$ H( T9 m+ V
“These were important points for the championship again.”5.39.217.77) `, q. m3 ^& K) h3 O# v7 w. `
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.4 `! o Q N3 V9 t# L8 e# q
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.
$ t( P% H( X3 H, b$ cHowever, 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.公仔箱論壇( ^: g# J0 a1 i( j$ Z
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
7 S# Q+ h0 y s l2 [) w5 otvb 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* Y, h E# E; v+ S
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”4 ^; h N- \$ S4 v; I
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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