標題: [賽車] Audi’s Rockenfeller and Green pleased with double podium [打印本頁] 作者: Geofredo 時間: 2013-9-16 04:45 PM 標題: Audi’s Rockenfeller and Green pleased with double podium
+ W* d: y2 B: Z3 G/ A& G4 b! z3 [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. 6 T ~5 Q: _4 G) u! g6 A5.39.217.77:8898After 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.- b" V* B- I& R8 m3 V8 Q
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.! m1 H# c& V3 c0 L" @
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.5.39.217.77:8898+ H4 D! l0 t W
“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, G9 Z& ~( t. r6 N2 G% F+ N/ G
“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.5.39.217.77:88989 _4 \8 r) a+ j8 g, {
“These were important points for the championship again.”3 e) p# \- K U
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.) h9 R! i1 X2 Z* q' \
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.3 w: A# {- f. a n
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.: p. [' L) H& S' f: Z+ I1 v9 }
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green. " \5 S8 T5 p* [ |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。“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.5 v* n3 K3 ]9 O4 @
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.” * G( A7 M$ @# {9 T9 }5.39.217.77:8898Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points.
