2 \. I9 ~$ E5 R0 u# Ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAudi’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.+ S- [2 n) X" a' [7 H' S4 z
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.
% w7 x& h/ L. j8 F# g1 T) n: Y% c" IDespite 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.
l( Y3 Y' }( X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.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。3 c% K: X2 c. b/ T% t7 y! @0 w$ N
“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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 L- R9 K& V9 p
“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.8 L- U5 C1 Q* z4 m. d! c4 j2 r
“These were important points for the championship again.”
J8 Y f9 e3 I0 ` h* MRockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.
5 x* G! ^0 R' W c% k0 {公仔箱論壇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.
4 ]& |* F7 x+ [% _; H( HHowever, 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.
# O q5 q, d W% M6 L5 m+ Q公仔箱論壇“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.www3.tvboxnow.com. V/ h* {/ w- w* S/ f
“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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ V- I0 E4 p/ t
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”
1 g% f& A- c% w0 [- C4 x( tGreen has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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