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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; |5 { q. `7 R! u+ n- 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.
9 o7 B) {9 g1 t, i8 Z# M5 c0 [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.
$ x9 C5 X: G8 L9 z" wRockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
, o% {; j+ U8 a& x. ?“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.
% u; B& q+ R' Z# r) q: d) @公仔箱論壇“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
7 \3 o" X: V& KTVBNOW 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。“These were important points for the championship again.”0 D- Q" e3 r- U
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.9 Q: }' K8 z) e
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.- g' z8 I6 M% ^6 ^8 ^
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.
) v9 |- U7 U! p- ZTVBNOW 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。“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
5 [4 i6 k- F1 M( E9 Q. o3 T- r“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 S$ o" V1 K7 s0 B
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”公仔箱論壇 s# @* N3 \7 w0 j/ N
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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