" d9 r! R6 g6 D' b n- yAudi’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.
% L& E# S2 A$ q5 t9 Y3 ]! g4 Kwww.tvboxnow.comAfter 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.
) B0 B* ~* L. L5 o7 {5 _www.tvboxnow.comDespite 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.
' K$ Q u6 J8 H& Y# F+ ORockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.1 O G6 n: S0 N/ C$ ]: e
“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.
* k# x% x0 q4 m6 E0 W“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
3 w& U9 @3 Y$ n' e8 \" U ?www.tvboxnow.com“These were important points for the championship again.”tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. @$ ? b& J8 S) a- }+ j1 l* {
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.5 \& J, O: G& P" s
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.
/ r7 p2 y& J9 A; f% T S9 I9 r7 u0 s公仔箱論壇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.4 q+ \5 C1 E" c) G
“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$ {; m& g! b" S6 W1 h/ C
“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.' U. k% Y* y; ]) y/ E6 C6 o* T) ^
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”公仔箱論壇$ g/ I% l# k' C/ E) [3 _( [
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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