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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.
4 X1 y5 u3 @) U LAfter 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.
5 d- H3 ?& j8 d0 w5 d2 Q/ k: lTVBNOW 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。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.
% |5 k7 x' D, K: s公仔箱論壇Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.公仔箱論壇+ x! y5 t4 M' w3 m9 p* 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.www2.tvboxnow.com2 L+ S& ^) i6 U) S E7 [' t
“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.0 {4 [9 W; q0 R5 C" U
“These were important points for the championship again.”
7 t; C, y. p1 ^公仔箱論壇Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.www2.tvboxnow.com2 J6 z9 O. m3 ~3 ]5 [
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.
: G r! n4 I/ bHowever, 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.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。, a( L* q1 n+ A6 F: y" R8 E
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb H" k6 {2 `5 E( F2 f
“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 _" h* E
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
/ E5 o: S0 K6 T% d) t3 jGreen has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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