& D4 ^( a7 \: o8 Xtvb 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.; {3 n3 t& R7 @! P; V2 r; _
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.
! r( a1 d# U9 {( r! B* v5 q! htvb now,tvbnow,bttvbDespite 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.公仔箱論壇' X P6 g% W7 Y3 P* Q
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.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。: `, c( z; F# K* Y
“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.公仔箱論壇% h' P C3 ~2 Y; t: _: `1 |. p Y2 Z
“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- I# k+ G8 n& Y0 A2 G
“These were important points for the championship again.”tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 j( {! ?* B# O# O) z; t/ z+ P
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.
3 t ]. t% c0 S& z2 [3 g( g3 R+ V$ U! uThe 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- h! s+ r+ X% U2 V/ j/ d% t
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# A" K$ T0 ~5 I( b R+ i# G2 l
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
$ h2 w8 @8 u" s1 @3 @8 ^0 P“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.
, g# f. }6 G; @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。“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
u* q% @/ W4 \+ Mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbGreen has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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