^! R3 \& [( q; Y' uwww.tvboxnow.comAudi’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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- n- {/ U: z# W6 p8 \8 x5 ?
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.
0 \1 `8 H8 }9 h0 b& ^, r: n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.www.tvboxnow.com" T* @$ J2 m- k% L! G" b$ p
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.! E N% g# ] f+ T% A
“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 i% P$ _# K" W公仔箱論壇“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.& p; a7 S9 R1 Q4 g2 r( F
“These were important points for the championship again.”
/ _6 p( U( B/ j$ N: eTVBNOW 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’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.1 L, q) V0 S% q4 f
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.
8 a7 Q7 A) k1 ]+ E, Cwww.tvboxnow.comHowever, 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.www.tvboxnow.com: `+ m& G, a- t, b8 C6 |
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.' d. I0 L( s/ P( D
“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.
" |0 H# ]7 [5 m- x4 Jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”1 c) D7 u* q3 s. k7 K' P3 R
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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