4 V9 C; P1 o) {4 c0 ?- yAudi’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.
7 F% X( M7 `3 z! X& K) \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.
" [ H3 L8 m: R1 J, oDespite 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.5.39.217.77:8898- A {+ A' e8 }+ |3 y5 }4 N6 P
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.6 L. N6 t6 G0 M. o/ `
“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 q7 O' x) t) z. I( `5 w _4 j
“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
* m# a; V9 P% o2 O“These were important points for the championship again.”tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 \* Y1 c- D! q9 D% y5 a
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.8 d; r' ^3 Z% f
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.
: F3 M/ [. N S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.
% I9 e9 v5 b( X- E1 [! [$ I; o“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
( P$ _. [+ B$ o3 M8 I0 F2 M7 o“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.公仔箱論壇0 }* H+ ~8 i: Q# j9 P* B4 w
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”% U4 k4 V h" \
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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