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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.( f, [3 C! L" z! W- E9 F8 ?
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.
1 W e0 V* A9 f% V* i$ P9 ~( u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., h8 Y, ^; f0 _# c6 B
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.% X% B4 {3 k( x4 y( _7 |1 y4 G! Z
“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.+ b- c) V1 s% A ?# F! W2 F
“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
s/ j5 }9 G: d2 W' j“These were important points for the championship again.”www2.tvboxnow.com6 N! \/ a. b" Y( Y1 ~
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.
1 k( X4 b5 h a7 Ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe 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.公仔箱論壇1 [5 `. ^+ J+ `- l5 D4 |
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.
9 n2 Q/ N; K- a. Y# xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.公仔箱論壇( [8 \) G% y4 P. ~/ z
“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.4 t2 `( z" A, j
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”( w, C5 i1 w- `5 Q3 U) y( r
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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