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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.
' \! @. u0 O' f: t9 ?- t2 m; q* [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.
: L3 h: n: e+ \' w utvb 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.5.39.217.77:88989 M9 ~8 @8 i0 L5 J
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; @# ?8 Z, }9 d, N
“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.
, S2 U- ~& o$ P+ S! ]- |& A: x6 ?) H9 \5.39.217.77:8898“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
. C" y [ V/ m; n+ j) p“These were important points for the championship again.”tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 t) i4 l9 |) [- C$ R/ d1 F
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.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。1 m& l$ m+ G9 Z- R+ `) I* [( u
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.
8 C: h$ D2 U# U8 K5.39.217.77:8898However, 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.
; Z3 r3 v+ U: M) P3 [“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.公仔箱論壇% S: Y; }. ?* Y3 }' w/ T! 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.
1 m* p& x6 }" { {8 T公仔箱論壇“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
2 ]2 {6 m5 `- a2 I: Z5.39.217.77:8898Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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