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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.' t9 c' g- l% `( K3 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: a% e9 i- {; Q* F6 @$ j: G
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.公仔箱論壇' p9 B& e3 A$ g% `6 R- d' o
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
/ W5 i) k q/ f8 `# I% ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“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.1 w" r0 }+ l( O; t# U- V+ }
“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
- W& H/ k5 i. t/ e- x4 n“These were important points for the championship again.”4 S/ G0 K( d0 p/ C; G+ v
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.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。$ J2 [$ X( o$ 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.
( u& _( E( V6 t% U' d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.www.tvboxnow.com8 B$ @/ A+ ^* f" J2 a
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
; U1 V) D: ?# V$ E9 D公仔箱論壇“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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb N! o1 d) o Y
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
! ~( o) y. r: D1 _+ O7 vGreen has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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