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Audi’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.
5 q$ Z, N9 [ p: t' v8 M8 v2 ~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。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.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。) A1 T- a0 A' A. i: [6 P9 _7 O4 o9 \
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.
0 q6 }# @& h K, x/ D# h: c公仔箱論壇Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
7 j6 `, f) w4 f) f; m公仔箱論壇“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.
, n2 k/ @2 l x2 C2 C( R“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.公仔箱論壇! u$ V! ]$ ^2 ?$ D3 z
“These were important points for the championship again.”
) y' [, X* O1 ^# c7 w) `, d" s6 w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.
0 D7 C% V6 T1 L. zwww.tvboxnow.comThe 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.
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“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
8 {$ ]! R6 e0 t+ y9 A( b9 A9 ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“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# e* F( G' @; cwww.tvboxnow.com“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”# }# X3 n* d; j3 g' B& T
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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