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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.
q# X3 W/ c9 p. n8 ?" G# rAfter 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.
& K& l9 ^. O. q+ MDespite 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: u" K" C) c. v2 A
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.% I- h* F; P' c6 U
“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.
) |0 H7 R" ~2 i. [0 J0 C公仔箱論壇“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.- c- ^4 w$ U$ q3 P0 m
“These were important points for the championship again.”公仔箱論壇5 L& \) a. |% p" d9 @% [
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.
0 l( W2 \3 F- X$ l$ dTVBNOW 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。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.1 @3 G' z7 @% H
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.www1.tvboxnow.com" t/ d0 M N& m
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
" i! n, p2 m d; [) m) r“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.- I! ]* w8 a% Q5 k! V' R
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”# y2 o3 ^' }4 o. X* d( i. ]
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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