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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.
g8 p- N6 T! c* L& [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.公仔箱論壇! n& K4 _! b! o. S- i; U9 K
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.
' [* c: {! h3 z5 ?www1.tvboxnow.comRockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.www1.tvboxnow.com5 a3 w! V2 ^* h+ U7 r& [$ K- }
“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.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。9 ?+ h( J7 m$ m$ t9 \
“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.公仔箱論壇9 T1 k9 w+ v% s* q
“These were important points for the championship again.”www1.tvboxnow.com9 y- E7 F" j% r8 T! R$ U! F
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.
# @ s6 ~. h* p) s7 Dtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe 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.
( s4 d# I4 m& R$ q3 A0 N( w$ utvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHowever, 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.
7 Z: G) V, ~6 u/ U3 X; iTVBNOW 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。“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
" f* g1 @: M/ mwww1.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.
+ A" q* b O7 X& f S6 {$ f公仔箱論壇“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”公仔箱論壇8 x) O0 i1 @8 k' G
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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