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

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8 f1 h; |2 R9 ^" e. ~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.www3.tvboxnow.com, J! J/ f& l$ V8 D9 G# |$ g
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.3 O. m+ q* y1 S( Y# m
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.
/ @6 S* V1 g# a$ 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.
/ u' v+ t' l; I0 S  ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“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.
& G: n% G; Q% a# W2 ~9 |: F- r公仔箱論壇“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.公仔箱論壇9 ^* e4 P- H5 t7 V1 H
“These were important points for the championship again.”
/ V) b- k- y* }tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbRockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.
' S- j5 d  i) H! KThe 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." _7 Q$ Y" J, n' O+ w$ k: n+ u
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.
6 ~- d1 J1 f& [) j“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb+ I: K, C) f- a% x: W0 S
“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.
, ]# M( F& }* Y4 g8 t7 d0 Atvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”公仔箱論壇4 d4 q+ {7 G/ D/ t( b$ x4 D
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points.