5 ]# P; _6 q; ^3 r8 MAudi’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.
7 j8 X! h0 r- S; z2 J/ {公仔箱論壇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.
4 z | i, c& [& g: H1 m5 l! c+ X) HDespite 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.4 s. `( v2 i) V9 W: G3 j
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
4 ^8 v$ s& y) L* V7 Z. ATVBNOW 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。“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.
6 b& V+ u. j# T“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.( T1 a0 l. }/ H& J9 h. O7 z
“These were important points for the championship again.”
: @3 D( B6 i x- |: @' Ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvbRockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.
* C& @6 K2 K( R; b6 Dtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe 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.' X d# `- S# P* B6 ]% C" e# N4 k9 m" h
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.
; k9 J) W) ^$ ?“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
9 ^: L5 K( s* F1 Ios.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.
~$ m. t3 f* v7 {, j7 a7 q+ s6 _“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
! H" N S# _" [. R/ A3 P$ KGreen has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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