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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.www.tvboxnow.com) q+ H- G* ~/ F3 b" }: Y4 d
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.公仔箱論壇. |+ k0 S2 n. a& i
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.
" B7 g# \: B+ ARockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
6 P( \3 S9 m' D s% t1 |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.
; u3 S8 U6 U, x$ z- Q# O% h( @0 Xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.% I6 r5 _& D8 q0 y
“These were important points for the championship again.”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。' ~7 ]$ G( i2 f% U$ z
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.公仔箱論壇$ [' m6 N$ o% j9 L" W; 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.
% l$ Z3 [) x" `5 }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.www.tvboxnow.com& |: S* B8 t0 ?- i% P5 ]% s$ E
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.$ b4 G# X* v7 C8 |8 M
“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.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。- I8 Y- [6 h# o* a
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
+ R3 H7 m# E. n- ]8 tGreen has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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