% H+ L! T4 k3 _. JAudi’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.
' |0 l, W4 H# v( w# F公仔箱論壇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. Y2 H6 m8 u) m* Q$ |" }, y! w+ p6 P4 J
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.公仔箱論壇( w% Y" I9 O5 ^8 z+ K" \
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.www1.tvboxnow.com7 [3 {; T- `# X- R% c
“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.
) r. k" C. r) O( Dtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! o" U) t) t. P. Z
“These were important points for the championship again.”. j: B$ Q% h1 ~# R5 v6 P+ b
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.
' i: s5 V3 n: ?/ ewww1.tvboxnow.comThe 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: d+ M+ Y2 g- r( U
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.
* |0 f, P) A5 A' c* j, U! Z; K“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
3 a' x8 e( _) f2 lwww1.tvboxnow.com“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.
7 v" O4 D- d- `8 c; c; V$ |9 Q“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% V4 @% I8 D% _' J8 ~
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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