[賽車] Audi’s Rockenfeller and Green pleased with double podium ， 描述： DTM

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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3 H% {7 g8 Q7 k$ f5 Q
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.
  Q3 K3 v/ K* Y: gDespite 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.! [! f9 ^) ~2 G8 `" C: c- a4 ]* @9 }
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.公仔箱論壇, X9 R4 m1 U* [$ g& z- m# ~
“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.
0 e) m1 k8 L0 e5.39.217.77:8898“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.5.39.217.77:8898( Q9 d' P: {- u, P  i6 M
“These were important points for the championship again.”公仔箱論壇2 H2 U) z9 l% n% ^: Z  O
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.5.39.217.77:88985 A  |9 u5 h5 U6 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.
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“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.5.39.217.77:8898& k9 v8 p2 X. k) l! b
“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.
# R9 J1 r$ S$ B& Z, P6 H# o6 t“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”6 ~/ m+ o! ^0 y2 h9 V
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points.