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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.# c8 E( A3 |7 x; E: ^" s2 a
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.
4 a/ g* r1 a* P$ `2 W! |: b公仔箱論壇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.
9 S5 u# b% ?( O9 cRockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.: k* }; e& n( [' P) `
“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.
+ C4 F2 @% o: q) E4 F/ mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' e' w& A' h8 D" ?
“These were important points for the championship again.”tvboxnow.com- O- n! { j$ ^5 n' m( O, |
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.
# Z0 I( u+ N# S) w3 nThe 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.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。2 X" R& g# i) W' N! ]$ F6 O, r4 q
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* J- o4 }2 j: P1 m$ E- a
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
5 Z5 I9 B+ s: K6 `, s9 B& [公仔箱論壇“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.
! u% n @1 f$ e6 G6 I 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。“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”tvboxnow.com% }1 H" `5 a# d! j
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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