. b8 r& i- l- qAudi’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! g' X$ r. z) a$ e u+ _) u
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.
+ b( p6 w8 V! m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./ U; z4 t- \) a, v! q
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.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。3 a$ Z! }4 V. {% D: A2 m
“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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% P9 e: ^1 D' }& c. [! C3 ^2 V
“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.os.tvboxnow.com" D6 p$ F6 X4 G
“These were important points for the championship again.”( E' l1 N% _7 Q, t& u0 @8 K
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.公仔箱論壇2 H, V. x: P& D# y( }6 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./ B3 L/ K2 T/ w7 f% g/ i, Y& Y
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.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。2 ?! S c# E4 g- q3 `
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.公仔箱論壇. i2 c: [# g( z4 M/ Y1 \; t2 V
“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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 E5 i% [/ O+ `7 N @5 {% z
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
5 f7 N; H. T" a% ^Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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