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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.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。$ n; L# f4 c& }2 E( S8 v' W
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.
; |8 Z3 a$ |' \% uDespite 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.公仔箱論壇) q5 m/ c' C$ t8 {- G
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
+ E: P Q7 m4 P8 u+ j: `: B“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.
( F# I' M p l! N: z7 PTVBNOW 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。“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
9 U0 v2 z# b L$ B$ o7 e! Jos.tvboxnow.com“These were important points for the championship again.”
+ k, @0 a4 M# K) w3 qRockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.
6 y: Y) N; V: {0 {, ]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.
. a7 {" E) V2 D/ ^0 CTVBNOW 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。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.
$ R% l8 z0 x4 i' \+ O: W, a) {5 I“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
+ P, s5 g$ v* B* N$ m+ ros.tvboxnow.com“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.os.tvboxnow.com: c6 Y0 e B# X) d, R
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
; \% g/ F$ z& K+ Z公仔箱論壇Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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