[賽車] Audi’s Rockenfeller and Green pleased with double podium ， 描述： DTM

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  E/ n  {( _. _- u公仔箱論壇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.com6 n5 P# F* b9 i7 C& B+ X
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.5 y2 `0 U& w$ r5 r0 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 Z% s2 B6 X( C7 {. H+ h: D
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.+ B( G( g0 A; d6 ~- F
“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.
" R4 n9 e- \# g0 Ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.
$ f4 q1 v, k) \% c7 qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“These were important points for the championship again.”tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 U% s) v* g6 W* H% c
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 D, {* g( H; ]7 J5 v, Z
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.
- c! n: B$ y' k+ VHowever, 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." h# V+ c2 D! a5 a
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
$ V) q; p  R$ O! zTVBNOW 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。“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.
( l9 T: a1 G. F/ I9 M/ F9 G“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
# X/ C6 n/ ]% o  T& `/ l, x+ rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbGreen has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points.