. f" l" ^. Z; q0 LAudi’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/ w( p0 B5 Q$ W+ r' C& T
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.. S' i" g1 r( W5 M4 \
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.
/ L, ~8 c7 V, m: u6 ^5 U" V* 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。Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: S+ i5 Z( ?1 E4 R: S; L9 Z4 r
“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.
" W2 s9 M4 e+ B0 }. v! X5 N“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
8 n: s/ r' ]- U$ M“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。& m; m A! Y3 H, K5 r+ l' U; g
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.0 l2 G% q) t1 O/ m& f0 h
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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& [ u1 d$ E/ f; V( P2 p$ c
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.
$ c; @7 [4 c7 j" Z d+ e4 T @0 S/ qTVBNOW 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。“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
- I: P% s! p7 u+ g( m n' rTVBNOW 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。“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.
4 j* E6 m" o6 VTVBNOW 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。“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb+ ~ ?+ H" e4 ?' p, Z+ S: f' g0 k) O
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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