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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.公仔箱論壇* p- Z: V: a* `# ]
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.3 W' C. G9 k, ~2 {7 H. q. ~. R
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.
; k% u3 F/ ^/ z9 S, W公仔箱論壇Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
0 t7 A- ~! O* e: P' `/ A8 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; o+ A6 P* R# E$ ]0 S) p7 {3 n5 n% W
“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.公仔箱論壇9 N- U, A, z* s8 P+ e- S
“These were important points for the championship again.”
: P+ f: F1 Z- B5.39.217.77:8898Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.5.39.217.77:8898: D- \! n) V8 ]0 F. s0 o; ?
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.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。& |, k$ S s/ X/ w( y" 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.公仔箱論壇0 N7 V, U8 V# c
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
2 B4 n, s) p* l: a8 F |; a4 p公仔箱論壇“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.+ r5 h7 o+ j1 g' } ]/ w4 A
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”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。% @* F) S7 C; \ X3 F2 o
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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