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
- @& @/ L: D6 }tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAudi’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.www2.tvboxnow.com& B) V2 _) r7 \/ ]5 d! m
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. , q: \4 @6 Y; q* X9 b0 Awww2.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. 9 `4 `2 b& ~& C2 s& [) i6 ]Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.0 L3 m% ^7 q* Y' M$ v% U" g- v
“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. * O# p/ i" Z6 c+ Z( F“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home. " n6 i! N' Q7 i) w8 a公仔箱論壇“These were important points for the championship again.”www2.tvboxnow.com9 Z/ l+ g( @5 M9 V
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013. 8 A- O" t0 o d3 L% k# j+ LThe 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. ( b$ B7 G! R+ ^& y! u& l( ETVBNOW 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。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.公仔箱論壇& Z3 ]: Q, c8 h" Y$ f
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green. ) B3 j" l0 D# u8 V+ c; [8 swww2.tvboxnow.com“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. 5 P J( U5 Z5 h0 _) Btvb 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: B0 Q7 g0 f) x! L
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points.
