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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.www1.tvboxnow.com9 `0 G7 r( I, L( t# L1 o
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.. z8 V: W) \; e' g/ W" }. 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9 i0 J- T) ?3 t! \# f& {; \
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
; c$ \: ~3 G$ Ewww1.tvboxnow.com“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.
P% s, U# w& K9 S/ J x& H8 M“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
2 L) c; m7 l/ ?公仔箱論壇“These were important points for the championship again.”
* q, c, Z' N+ x, S0 z4 M. ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvbRockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.- F7 R# }. M1 i# Z. x4 o
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.
, R' r% {5 G" c6 i+ }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.
( K0 E: [# f8 D/ r' mTVBNOW 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.公仔箱論壇+ q2 b: O( v4 `4 J# g
“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.
" z& K" b- [; {% |8 Z1 ~: V“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
' ^+ a3 a( S ^$ etvb now,tvbnow,bttvbGreen has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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