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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+ e4 c4 x4 P: H+ \
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.
( I( n. @6 Q/ f3 k; |tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbDespite 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.
4 m) q! I2 b3 n* [! e( @+ u公仔箱論壇Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
/ J0 H+ ~9 x, P. S' R9 u8 P公仔箱論壇“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.
! n( }8 M% z8 g* G“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
, S! C9 B0 ]1 t) q; E* p; L `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。“These were important points for the championship again.”3 t: y5 @- X6 B8 ^
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.
5 z2 P4 `2 c( U, `% MThe 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.公仔箱論壇- w- H' Z& _+ X& X" `# O6 C
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.& {. N6 {. R4 `) S
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.www2.tvboxnow.com$ O1 v; O: t) ?6 Y5 f7 Y) _$ d1 l
“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.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。, {. c6 i2 p5 ^
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”www2.tvboxnow.com0 f6 j k" g; ]% ~
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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