標題: [賽車] Audi’s Rockenfeller and Green pleased with double podium [打印本頁] 作者: Geofredo 時間: 2013-9-16 04:45 PM 標題: Audi’s Rockenfeller and Green pleased with double podium
1 h& ]' \2 F! e! C s 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. 0 T% M9 _& {" w& ]- S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. 6 t: M1 @4 g% k7 V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.公仔箱論壇9 B: p3 W. {/ {" F- X. S) U1 C
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship. ( x# o) t' b, h" v“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.4 w( v; y& j# m: [: f
“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 {6 ^/ f+ C( _, r; O
“These were important points for the championship again.”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。/ V, f1 R" G$ U% G/ t+ D
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013. # T' K0 i6 U/ C2 \2 w$ x1 Ctvb 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.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。9 S8 E/ Y7 t) q) Y. |
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.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。6 z: T/ r, D3 |0 F8 m% v
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.公仔箱論壇) ] U, `. T' {5 t' b" w# W
“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. 4 c5 Z1 T H# e% n% b公仔箱論壇“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”! z! x( N: w* w6 k; A
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points.
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