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4 l2 t7 b+ r$ `% gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbMercedes’ Robert Wickens felt his car was good enough for pole position at Oschersleben, but the HWA team was caught out by the weather.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' r! S$ C. m- r+ y6 C
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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 F) E" C) P5 s8 q2 C" q# C2 z
The Nürburgring winner has since revealed he felt his car was capable of pole position./ e, E$ h7 z& Z I$ k
“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.
* f2 `/ m, m" B/ LTVBNOW 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。“It was very difficult to pick the right moment to go out on track with all the rain.
0 z5 E9 G, u; N. }5.39.217.76“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.
& A3 m6 J, j* x; k) @1 vTVBNOW 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。“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.
3 Q/ C% c7 W. w; T2 i$ d; lTVBNOW 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。“We didn’t expect that I would not go through to Q3.”tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 H7 y" O2 S& M- b6 ~
Despite his misfortune, Wickens will start tomorrow’s race as the best of the Mercedes drivers in P11.
7 e/ A2 G- R& l+ GTeam-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. |