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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.tvboxnow.com. D) @+ m R- a$ I& w8 v
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.
! e) ~& ]; X- i0 hTVBNOW 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。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. |: O+ k: N6 O+ Z. a% D
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship., _5 D% ?# P- U* ]! h; j
“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。$ s0 f! M* B( q+ \7 O
“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.4 z0 n E; ]+ x
“These were important points for the championship again.”
5 h: l$ T1 ^4 {: v0 p0 ^Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.
6 a! }7 {9 N& btvboxnow.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.
9 F+ N) S: L' l% OHowever, 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.+ S; r: y- W A- n' @6 E, p! i
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.0 l9 d/ W! f, z" g4 y( r
“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., \" i7 j# X' u2 W
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
# F$ o2 F- I5 k% u0 W公仔箱論壇Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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