; b1 w0 R" Q0 Y1 @6 o6 }tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAudi’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.www2.tvboxnow.com9 |/ v2 n3 v4 I) 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.
7 C- S/ }: @% Q k) u8 ]: ZDespite 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,bttvb' l( }7 S0 Y* J* Q' X9 V6 L+ @$ n
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship., \+ K3 v. X' Z1 G* R; D
“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.
1 h7 V4 Z3 F2 o) X. a7 V, x& a1 Lwww2.tvboxnow.com“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.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。& \; [& }8 w9 C0 i+ e
“These were important points for the championship again.”
' Z5 y% I' L J3 Q4 jwww2.tvboxnow.comRockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.www2.tvboxnow.com! Z; Z, [, P. f; O0 d" 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) `! d& C0 C0 f: Z! p
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.
4 g1 w! @8 N; a" o! b( Z5 ?“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
; ]' H9 `. Y& a% _: f4 qtvb 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.
% s7 t& _& s5 _3 sTVBNOW 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.”1 D# b$ o% l' H4 f8 W7 i
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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