0 G( d$ O7 k/ L; H; X. U- l0 E4 D: `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.
/ U9 M8 ]$ {0 k+ }+ S! p$ H5.39.217.77:8898After 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.
% F" B; @# [# T- l: J公仔箱論壇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.
1 i5 n; X2 ], _: a6 w) QRockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
7 X0 ^' v8 O" g7 y7 S; _公仔箱論壇“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.
H! Q& a' R* |$ j7 }' R. A% o. X2 k“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
, h. V+ j4 |( X+ @公仔箱論壇“These were important points for the championship again.”
, Z1 C/ W+ ~ s9 B公仔箱論壇Rockenfeller’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# ?, G/ i( s; H* q& ^( L
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.
: d! @$ c2 m, S! W3 n; H8 ^公仔箱論壇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.
) Y0 Y2 M7 h' q& N: \/ Z5.39.217.77:8898“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.: R0 m3 `8 {1 m
“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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 m" E+ y" U4 b, M9 n+ e
“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。- `9 d& Y7 \2 m& }2 h
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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