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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.
F( O h( S; I9 u; k+ RAfter 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.! c8 i7 \- @9 `" _0 Q; `. ~- s
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.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。* w2 A. q- z. N& f# b4 d# S
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" W% P/ y9 F" I! J7 B9 Y
“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.
" H% |. ?# k8 j2 \2 x“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
6 Y! d G& E* p! C/ A. d; m7 E7 J公仔箱論壇“These were important points for the championship again.”
+ k' e7 b2 {9 q& V5.39.217.77:8898Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 f0 }+ A- w ~; T# ^' q) C! E% 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.. V* s. F( ^$ G ?. {% z$ Y
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.* d2 E( F& S8 O# e: A6 S
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
" c) R( G# G% h9 o7 v' ^$ Jtvb 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.
) |) n3 z* n" z7 o; N+ b& pTVBNOW 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.”5.39.217.77:8898- ?- f8 \9 E ~3 F8 D' L4 U
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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