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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,bttvb8 N( Y! w9 Q9 C/ }$ \! o4 G# |
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.
+ U" w* H7 x/ _; y" Q0 }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.
* {0 s$ L* {( B2 H公仔箱論壇Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.- w& p, `# y8 C+ r) x
“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.os.tvboxnow.com1 O2 |4 M( ~, h# C3 y4 x
“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
2 ?: R7 V Y. MTVBNOW 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.”& L" ~# B: j3 X, M$ d+ ? x; u
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.$ y. g$ h- G: p$ 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.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。# [* y/ O) D6 `2 y$ B3 o. P; i
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.2 K9 ?% F' I9 r
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
% k2 y& ~/ j& ~- a! V, Ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“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, j1 t' l8 L; U$ a6 k6 Z
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
8 E8 {* h; U' H- q. w8 Y+ U4 K5 O' 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。Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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