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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.公仔箱論壇# _% e1 g; f/ ?$ g4 `" t
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.5.39.217.77:88989 P$ [; D7 m3 N
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.5.39.217.77:8898: V0 M3 X3 S' Y. a5 q- h2 H: |1 @
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% b% v, U! l: e! D1 F$ H
“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.
- l6 F- Z( B* {* ^% @) f5.39.217.77:8898“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.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。" a- P# \+ k; k
“These were important points for the championship again.”
5 A0 v8 u: S: hTVBNOW 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’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.
) z) J! A. P$ w- X* ~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" z/ h% J& j9 X ^
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.
7 |. ~5 q7 H; ?- R! z& ^“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
- r$ Y- a" i9 ~tvb 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.
6 U6 U- }! b" T0 k( D1 {8 i# }) utvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 q3 d& y$ w# v) @7 B; T
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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