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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-10.5.39.217.77:88982 M# } M7 w0 o' l
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.5.39.217.77:8898% ?$ {5 P5 e+ Z+ 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.& B4 B5 ]# L O
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
% j1 Y& \: N( ~, f+ mTVBNOW 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。“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.
6 }3 F9 m! T) z- u1 Q“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
2 f, C' q+ B) A/ P8 ?6 ~“These were important points for the championship again.”3 ^# z( Z* W/ A, M/ [0 x) v
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.
, L% g c4 ?, q4 |# s4 H/ atvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe 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.1 f& f8 E6 e- l# M$ w
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.
/ s% W$ K8 j3 O+ Vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
* F" q! A a1 j2 i; Z: z6 N* xTVBNOW 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。“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. r+ A8 F6 O% d/ Y8 E. Q& X# g
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
) _$ J( o. D: Y# [$ KTVBNOW 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。Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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