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( B( k6 b B7 d: i* i2 ]公仔箱論壇Mercedes’ Robert Wickens felt his car was good enough for pole position at Oschersleben, but the HWA team was caught out by the weather.7 B# W7 Z Z9 M5 [, o+ s" b4 p
Wickens told the official DTM channel: “we waited for too long to do my hot-lap, then it started raining” after he was unable to improve on his best time of 1m21.185 in the wet Q2 session.
6 } d3 K$ N" R* \* U3 v! x公仔箱論壇The Nürburgring winner has since revealed he felt his car was capable of pole position.2 v; }% t7 s- o) t% q& r4 A
“It’s altogether a great pity because I think we have a good car, good enough even to progress to Q4 and on to pole position with a little bit of luck.
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“Unfortunately, things only went well for us in Q1. We waited too long to go out in Q2 [and] it was already raining a bit on the outlap.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。 D k1 w$ H$ i! ^
“On the first timed lap, the rain was even heavier, and the track was so wet on the second hot lap that a decent time was no longer possible.
: s: Z' E) ? b- ]tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“We didn’t expect that I would not go through to Q3.”5.39.217.760 e) N* G- f% b+ g1 i& X& Q1 j* D
Despite his misfortune, Wickens will start tomorrow’s race as the best of the Mercedes drivers in P11.* v O ~7 e7 g6 B% o
Team-mate Gary Paffett will line up 12th after taking a five place grid-drop penalty for using the incorrectly allocated tyres in the free practice session. |