, x7 ~6 w* c9 _- I8 HAudi’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.公仔箱論壇; l Q. _* X, `9 Z1 R/ X
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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- h5 K6 n$ z$ E- V) m( I! V
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.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。/ S0 Q d. B# m1 F$ {! ?, T
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
: S5 q0 t# n7 f- G6 P* R1 |/ M6 }“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.
- S ]: _$ D- p" A' J5 n) xos.tvboxnow.com“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
2 |0 t B% ~+ X) WTVBNOW 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.”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。% a( k+ ~; Y# M) z n
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.
. b3 u; N! c/ J" O8 V) s. _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." y+ c6 P( Z" K. Y9 z1 S# e
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.0 N) G9 n- E$ X% h, K, B' C, s) s
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
0 s& _5 e) o8 f- Ntvb 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.
2 t& R J7 U/ ]$ u# b% V& `公仔箱論壇“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
' J$ I$ ~* \( V/ `# _5 B& `# L0 ~公仔箱論壇Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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