[賽車] Audi’s Rockenfeller and Green pleased with double podium ， 描述： DTM

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5 r" w% X# V1 Q6 z* m! s; MAudi’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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 ^/ J8 I+ X# W8 Y
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.公仔箱論壇) Z* J* y+ m# Z
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.+ p- L9 G7 V; F( k+ J# ?
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  G' j0 g, A6 R: c5 g
“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.
2 C, y! b2 h, B! N4 O9 B2 j公仔箱論壇“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
$ [7 L; L( [+ R( }公仔箱論壇“These were important points for the championship again.”
# v# p7 z+ V0 o* s) PRockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.
% ~0 H% {* [% ^  k* p: b0 a  ]tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe 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 z) z& _) i1 u" w+ F( ~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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 t) h) q! S' ]- x
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
! z# x! ?6 p  W+ F) N/ Etvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“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.
7 b/ l7 A* d9 U& r& p( O# zwww2.tvboxnow.com“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”www2.tvboxnow.com: _- Z, v+ N; l7 m& x( \
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points.