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
+ Y9 \) S- K" o; \, \' o9 dtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAudi’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-10.5.39.217.77:8898 |; H% q7 e1 u6 i
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.公仔箱論壇. q5 w I _' N1 g1 _
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. % P/ |% h" H; B0 t# S7 N) {2 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 now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.8 t. S2 d2 a3 e; W; w: F
“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.# J0 l; R& g$ n3 V$ c3 v
“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.公仔箱論壇* O) f! H2 T6 c* X# W% j) o
“These were important points for the championship again.”0 ~ h. a& U! v% E
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013. 1 j4 M* F3 U5 r9 Q! V- c# U1 HThe 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! d- H e3 M! B P
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. # ` Q1 n. o$ ~“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green. 8 v8 e- N* Y# w“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.5.39.217.77:8898! x; \) V; l8 {* Z8 ^. j1 n, c/ T, f
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.” * ]2 W6 L- K8 w# itvb now,tvbnow,bttvbGreen has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points.
