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Mercedes’ Robert Wickens felt his car was good enough for pole position at Oschersleben, but the HWA team was caught out by the weather.
}4 m( ~8 s: n0 x6 z) [/ E5.39.217.76Wickens 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.
/ H* F* z- C/ i) f" Rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe Nürburgring winner has since revealed he felt his car was capable of pole position.+ A" A; T" j. G% X8 z8 h
“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.
, T+ A2 I% P$ u. J( T9 H$ ?“It was very difficult to pick the right moment to go out on track with all the rain.
: v7 g& }! }2 m“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.1 g3 f7 y8 K: l6 U4 w7 j6 s
“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.
' e m( ~& Y2 u/ n/ d" xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“We didn’t expect that I would not go through to Q3.”
; T5 @3 C+ h+ H' P" c* l ?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbDespite his misfortune, Wickens will start tomorrow’s race as the best of the Mercedes drivers in P11.
+ j$ L6 Q3 k& e) ^) Y9 \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. |
發表於 2013-9-15 02:44 PM
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