0 u/ H f7 A. d0 ~2 V% l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2 a3 k# I$ R9 v* g
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.& Q3 a# r3 M) d0 |3 a
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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 L: w6 G6 [! g- c6 G7 {( r1 N
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship." Z# Q) F7 q& e9 k" H; K6 n
“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.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。7 y' S! ~1 Y, \2 O, y
“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
: k9 D* Y# s+ d# [' r! U. S公仔箱論壇“These were important points for the championship again.”
7 P4 @9 y# ^4 e9 L$ oTVBNOW 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。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4 z! J2 k, G' B0 C# x" N
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.
( h I: |7 r P0 _% j$ ?. p8 eHowever, 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.
5 q& I; Y5 A$ u2 J2 p7 g: i9 Dwww2.tvboxnow.com“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
( v9 A! `# r$ `" W+ N+ O! b* S公仔箱論壇“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, {7 o6 V9 X; j6 ?+ r0 R7 H
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
2 K, ]' i( w6 I2 u8 Fwww2.tvboxnow.comGreen has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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