標題: [賽車] Audi’s Rockenfeller and Green pleased with double podium [打印本頁] 作者: Geofredo 時間: 2013-9-16 04:45 PM 標題: Audi’s Rockenfeller and Green pleased with double podium
1 z( V# ]) a* w' uAudi’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-10.8 R T' _3 d5 d9 Y. o+ n
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. 9 g0 B5 K- K8 S, [4 ^$ _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.: G" _1 m4 x# s1 ?0 i
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" z Y* h0 Q) Y( {. 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. & g( |* k" ?" u: _% b7 f: a5 H# A) M“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.www2.tvboxnow.com, b! K0 Y! I1 U) w$ z
“These were important points for the championship again.” : O7 q" i' z9 B! JRockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013. : C1 i0 x$ h" q. o# W2 ]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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 B$ c& A4 W) N- _- ?" m& V: D
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. , F- a3 p3 G' E/ J$ V. H. Btvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green. + W/ a* r8 i9 H5 n& U1 t1 Q, b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.www2.tvboxnow.com: s; d/ s2 C" Z; y; J( L
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.” 2 L/ i5 L7 R) B% y! {- wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbGreen has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points.
