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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.
O- p3 V i7 Y; a" gAfter 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.
. o8 [" ~; i! g5 C, M! ^! qwww2.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.* O5 t, m, l8 O
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- `: `$ j5 f) T/ p) b# q
“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.
" ~, j' Z' U( l7 K% ]“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.* Q, b& M/ ]( Y0 ^
“These were important points for the championship again.”: H6 L+ f v8 G3 {) t$ {
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.# S9 C8 i P) |- p; ?) I
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.
6 m- E, C6 Y9 N; w& N, h公仔箱論壇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.
; x# Z' v5 D4 k* ]& E" k$ F K0 F“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.$ c9 p/ ?+ a9 w" g
“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.) k$ @+ m: b5 v# R& r$ w
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”www2.tvboxnow.com6 [& o" O6 R: v
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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