# C% c* B. i% HAudi’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.
( c! Y) x% [" h2 p: b$ FAfter 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) X0 `# Y/ r: k8 u( v
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.
$ ^; [0 ^8 k1 `+ kRockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
2 E1 @5 w0 |. B* e7 M- r) g) }“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.
9 t. L) ?5 I6 Y- S, v“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
1 j3 ~: K- q0 c, I: x. X. [www1.tvboxnow.com“These were important points for the championship again.”
. o0 a9 [5 i1 Z3 n5 C/ \/ U公仔箱論壇Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.! i! D( {$ T" T# M
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 ~% g. M; N4 z- G/ L公仔箱論壇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.
1 V2 d$ @# W6 @$ F公仔箱論壇“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.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。( e1 C( f1 O1 F s
“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./ J( k! k$ S" M& w2 ?) }6 l
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
- i$ R2 V% ]. c0 B; ~2 jGreen has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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