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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-10.5.39.217.77:8898: `$ O: T0 i8 _1 |: T2 `" G5 r; a/ G
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.* ?+ J' Y% {- C5 i; F* d
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.
! l. b: h6 i: gTVBNOW 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。Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.公仔箱論壇. j1 y: \1 d$ J" _
“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! Y; g: m( \ H, Q
“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
$ R# q! V4 f# J. o+ J& |tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“These were important points for the championship again.”
4 f* n7 s4 W' |1 V1 R( D4 u5.39.217.77:8898Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.( G7 A" L* Y% F! T+ \
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.
9 {# x# d/ m- e1 {/ q公仔箱論壇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.5.39.217.77:8898+ |. }! s/ Q2 m" H' X. y
“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。+ H. P8 f! Y$ e
“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.
: w5 F8 W. M. I8 @& Btvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
3 |2 j" w' z) V( p$ c3 O6 F8 gGreen has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |