( g- I6 c) t3 R& L% L0 P CAudi’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.
% H9 V7 O' @* a, R& ~) aAfter 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.www2.tvboxnow.com8 s% A9 h' q; l; p; K$ E7 |
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.) b5 J/ n( P7 m+ Q: J
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
* {* j2 e3 ? F6 B“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.
" \4 A/ h: e' l% V& M% |1 N“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
4 q/ a* O' [5 S$ ^8 K& K p“These were important points for the championship again.”
; _" J w3 i# Z% P& L" @7 QTVBNOW 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.
/ a' @8 h7 [+ D( C公仔箱論壇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.
4 {" t& ~/ m m/ k) jTVBNOW 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。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.* U1 J ?% p5 r0 G9 B% U. s3 J
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.1 {1 A/ q$ |; M& Q7 g U
“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.
/ l9 q& T; Y, g7 H8 j* lTVBNOW 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.”
6 B2 \- ^- M3 J公仔箱論壇Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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