3 V% f9 }1 w! G9 \tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAudi’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.; N* N7 H! ^) C; f2 J; e2 M
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.
5 f: |+ ]1 v! U! Z% v p: ~! S4 T公仔箱論壇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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; |$ y# G3 l4 l! V, e
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.- ]$ ~3 ^& X8 M9 H* g3 ~4 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.公仔箱論壇9 t* t5 i; Y# G/ `3 z0 G
“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
' M" {! r- D& D! v% L6 Ios.tvboxnow.com“These were important points for the championship again.”
' k! w* `0 V3 {# n7 \Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.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。1 d% P9 r, ?4 r; S/ {( F9 e# q0 ?7 O
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.
4 S8 E. c t. t. dHowever, 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.
% m! g3 K4 j9 x$ Btvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
' c; l- I$ T7 E1 b4 _6 ^os.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.公仔箱論壇6 G, i7 C' T4 `% v1 x1 J g
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ Q$ j. ^, O/ C
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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