: }: x. K1 B5 o* _: N2 V, n: I- ?+ h公仔箱論壇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.公仔箱論壇3 q! j; r- J1 ] d2 U2 ?- }& w- X
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.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。& q' m1 Z) [; h" H7 i
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.
% \' r7 a/ Q% E% _Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
, \6 W4 O7 E$ M2 J" z% |8 rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“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.
& s* I6 B5 O ]4 c+ `( s* u, ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
: ^1 x( v5 e) \; p$ W* B“These were important points for the championship again.”+ e4 U0 V$ d+ q9 v/ H0 I+ Y+ l8 [; P0 _
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.公仔箱論壇) d' x) l6 ^% Y; s8 V% `
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.3 D. ]+ a) j3 t3 N8 t( j. e' @3 S6 o
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.
0 X- Z2 p8 U- K5 t8 mwww2.tvboxnow.com“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 I* y" @5 P$ B/ i) }( {( N
“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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" V% ^- _6 s& i# C6 G9 P$ n
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
0 D5 ]7 ^1 a% m ]4 ~Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
發表於 2013-9-16 04:45 PM
| 