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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.
9 f S; s* W4 c% N' B9 X* jAfter 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.
: S( S$ }( w9 B2 s: @: pDespite 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。9 g0 I0 a% h) ~7 m6 L: s& g" d
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
$ h7 X. I5 g# w6 [: 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.
$ P+ ]8 S" y! S/ r) N$ Q2 u5 Ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
5 y1 b, R# ~5 ]8 p“These were important points for the championship again.”0 N; W( ~0 J/ `9 a
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.
% f3 w8 |/ c6 B4 l4 v! Z$ qThe 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.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。( v4 t# \0 L5 h* U+ a& b' u% d
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." L/ Q6 z9 B6 @0 l/ c+ M2 T
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.2 i- Z9 @6 x3 ?% _8 X- }
“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.
# A9 R5 r; D7 G, B( _ Htvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
6 Q4 s/ Z/ q7 i6 v( y9 S/ q9 y& D/ R# ^Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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