0 U: v* i x' q5.39.217.77:8898Audi’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.
6 f1 {* S( i T* U% LAfter 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.公仔箱論壇/ i5 X) n1 X4 Q2 p% V. E# ?
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.
( G, }% r; r0 o! U, S8 J5.39.217.77:8898Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
& k; P* n, I3 @# ~8 T4 Q, G3 s“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.
1 C) M* f& N1 z' Etvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
7 ]0 O% ~# v) p0 [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。“These were important points for the championship again.”
9 W7 D- ` \; pRockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.
l- M+ p& ^* y$ s8 t% h+ ?公仔箱論壇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.
+ U- @) Z+ Y+ yHowever, 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.' I# ]" {) v4 Z8 F
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
& s% Z; |) ]3 B6 S. G“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,bttvb* E# R! P7 c! J- V. W
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”0 |5 a" w) b7 T. Y
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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