; ~+ n. x$ R4 ~& XAudi’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.
* g# I0 O& g( B* I0 Y$ d# x. j$ ]公仔箱論壇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.
' x0 F- J) I% \0 C1 \! D5 i; i; a5.39.217.77:8898Despite 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。* }8 H7 P2 u1 J/ j: _% N1 Q+ z' j
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
* ^& X7 d, h" _1 M0 l p) H ?$ 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; h0 F" K6 j$ t, n$ d
“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.8 E- n7 R4 P8 i. N3 P* c
“These were important points for the championship again.”
4 J! m3 S$ B9 }5.39.217.77:8898Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb e* Q3 E7 ?% 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.
9 O9 r9 [( }3 M- X; i q" Q/ u. v6 VTVBNOW 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。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: M' c% v" j1 Q公仔箱論壇“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
0 Z8 y6 E+ M8 ~# |5.39.217.77:8898“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.
: t6 W9 t& ^) k公仔箱論壇“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
0 q$ e4 w6 e7 {" z7 J* ^Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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