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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.
% b C5 G) d ~. V5 K4 r, Q5.39.217.77After 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.
" W- I/ Y% G& R8 aDespite 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.
$ N/ Y8 R* w$ I5 e$ x9 ~5 Z( L# F" h) ORockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
) p" C# t8 _0 P: q: F. H+ `& i5.39.217.77“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.公仔箱論壇2 h! A1 z7 q9 L9 |3 m' i& R# b# `0 g, ?
“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
& A7 a5 o4 H$ a0 }, h“These were important points for the championship again.”( \+ w0 J# e0 i
Rockenfeller’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! B7 G) G9 u. l% C, F
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.
- ^* N6 @9 n2 y* R) m$ B5.39.217.77However, 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.
4 y6 c/ Q) K, B, b2 q( E公仔箱論壇“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.TVBNOW 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。- } l2 k2 Y3 z
“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.
0 S8 e" l/ P3 c" gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”公仔箱論壇- [1 m3 E' c/ S0 L
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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