3 b/ G/ u E: e: {; s* s1 F' c! ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAudi’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- r" c3 F) N8 z7 t* i
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.
! g" \% s( X; A) XDespite 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.
; z9 _+ C8 {& f* t4 Z* v8 mRockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
& E7 I7 {3 Q6 A+ `: _# K“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.
: w" K, l j G0 t8 X; [, Dtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
9 y2 c6 E6 | T8 a3 {3 _0 FTVBNOW 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。“These were important points for the championship again.”
$ t9 y: C6 @5 i2 b5.39.217.77Rockenfeller’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& R# E6 S+ |5 j0 `& N5 J _. i
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.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。' t& S8 r# K! {0 c, U- l6 {& d' j
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.
- v* o0 O9 X5 X2 Z6 p: u: c“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
9 ~/ v V) g$ h5 u/ ~“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.
4 Q- G8 B8 Y8 l' d, ]6 G, G0 a9 E/ uTVBNOW 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.”7 I4 r; U4 z& M8 p* V) Q7 [3 i
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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