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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." B8 ^0 B* @6 q& X$ \
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." b0 {% ?* h/ i% I4 V
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.
/ {' h: g# a# h# y5 O/ T5 j" cRockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
: {/ v. f6 ?. q- q4 @www.tvboxnow.com“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.
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“These were important points for the championship again.”
4 U5 P6 k, Y1 z1 h. N+ {" sRockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.. H. S9 M3 [$ E$ S! Z5 Z
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.
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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.
* i5 m5 M& z0 q& b# q“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,bttvb5 }8 x* m, b% I' F* ?8 L. u
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”www.tvboxnow.com3 }4 G" M1 W$ J S; E5 J
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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