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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; A9 [# B9 l- Q4 v% Y" H$ j
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.
! R( U$ G i( U% q6 V! k9 w5.39.217.77:8898Despite 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.
2 t- _* ], V$ L, t- d- h2 G" q; [3 _Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship. q% q! Y# u9 _5 Q( W R$ l
“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.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。0 o' F7 o% j( O' e: o! I) S% Q
“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.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。. E7 C1 ?7 X! [, C% l+ G
“These were important points for the championship again.”
) l2 R# l; u7 g" ARockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! v1 q( @+ k; S, p7 k
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.
0 f* W' [: B. p5 b' z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.5.39.217.77:88982 {* A8 D! {$ y8 |, ~1 K
“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( o2 R) I- I% Y1 H; `( _: x4 `
“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.
" |% X+ f- e% H“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”2 w5 P0 \8 U1 A: @; G
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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