$ e! B4 v6 u. G% x; dAudi’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.+ P% ^+ L" K+ i/ w
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.os.tvboxnow.com1 W" a2 \! `4 a J" L: J: H
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.
$ m- `" d/ }; F9 H( X+ YTVBNOW 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.os.tvboxnow.com+ V3 h# X5 O1 a7 b3 z- _7 ~- F
“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.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。: Y9 C- q# c4 A2 q
“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.3 i7 N0 x0 q- T2 @5 A- y
“These were important points for the championship again.”
! A8 I# }9 w, d! n公仔箱論壇Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.
) c1 D/ u: Z1 \' c" VThe 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.- e& P0 q/ @9 p0 M( K" V
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 u9 E6 Y! P! w& S2 b( w
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.) W- o" _: J5 n8 `( F* Z4 f' K/ X
“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.
9 B$ k- e: O; w“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”os.tvboxnow.com U2 }/ l6 d r' U! k1 s
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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