" y9 i9 O( g( a- t/ `( a# |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.( }3 k% ]4 {7 Y0 `
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.
! i: e. i4 H& j* `tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbDespite 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.
3 |! a. r; `/ G$ e" bRockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
+ n9 F1 R: c7 _0 W1 [% _9 j' c“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* g+ s/ f6 D& c U N
“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.5.39.217.77:88984 V( B' k. @; `' ~7 Q8 }1 k
“These were important points for the championship again.”4 g6 U. P; }- a
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.
$ T' I2 y; t) e! P! V nTVBNOW 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 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ t( n, i E; i
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$ J d5 a5 t1 F- |, {3 b _
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
( t! R! v) \7 Z Mtvb 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.
" _1 e6 y, h! d5 q+ R$ G4 E' m: \“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”$ l, Z" v \6 u' P; M- |' p
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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