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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.
* E% |/ R' m7 u3 Y( B0 q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.
7 p/ e1 o3 L8 d {. M) ^7 l% oDespite 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.
+ i4 q* s( Q; W# b: L公仔箱論壇Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 d2 }5 j' Y: s! S$ M, f: J" y4 {
“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.tvboxnow.com+ ~& N6 v2 Y+ Y
“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.tvboxnow.com; p7 `* f6 Z" B d1 w% J# }* b
“These were important points for the championship again.”/ z. ?8 o/ P( M
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.
: P1 B. J- ^5 ]4 k$ E* d# Ztvb 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.
: b G$ ^5 X: D8 ~9 G5 Q9 K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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% R$ ~/ X t) t* j7 U+ H
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.0 U5 {% z# ^; V# g1 N. v% j% A
“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.
1 _: ]7 N! S5 P0 x! u6 ATVBNOW 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。“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
1 s1 ?6 ?1 s; W% AGreen has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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