9 T, a+ [+ P: Y; ?0 n4 }! z公仔箱論壇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.+ B/ x5 a, p/ z1 K
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.
8 j1 h' _2 V( s1 q* s: Ywww2.tvboxnow.comDespite 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.
$ M! X9 E/ D! S& xRockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
6 s1 T9 v3 L8 J: a“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.& F) T: r' U8 a$ e# X! S1 B
“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
% d0 W V/ q) s4 x公仔箱論壇“These were important points for the championship again.”公仔箱論壇4 u, N+ ]/ d @6 Z6 ~$ W
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.www2.tvboxnow.com6 u# p4 C- l" J1 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.
" O, o. g% T, h7 OHowever, 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.
; F" z' X, E% X7 S" Y1 a0 z( C公仔箱論壇“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.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。! E, u$ o" T6 T! v+ D8 B
“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.
% n6 e! h6 R; ]+ R& I7 }tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”公仔箱論壇2 T6 c/ ^0 Y% M; \" @8 M( f
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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