標題: [賽車] Audi’s Rockenfeller and Green pleased with double podium [打印本頁] 作者: Geofredo 時間: 2013-9-16 04:45 PM 標題: Audi’s Rockenfeller and Green pleased with double podium
! P+ ^5 }$ w; o3 O' d 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. ! Z2 G/ f& K' m! ?6 u% Z# Ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAfter 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.www.tvboxnow.com4 c- a% k# ^0 M
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. ! i, b" N9 b7 [/ XRockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship. : z$ s. P4 Y5 {7 m" N' n2 W“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. ]( M9 L: I5 V- M* O' p0 }“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home." l* R# n) Y, W5 t
“These were important points for the championship again.” 1 \ E4 l! q J1 `. u. FRockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013. & g' t9 v) g7 b/ R) x公仔箱論壇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.www.tvboxnow.com/ |7 P7 a/ E1 ?( l
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 g7 c! N1 F* R; v/ {
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green. ) l" f( X' |4 Z8 d4 R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.www.tvboxnow.com/ @( O6 B! s5 a2 k0 E4 {0 O
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”4 ^6 z) _! D# ?+ h- w9 z3 N
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points.
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