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9 d* g" y. }( E" V5 c( s% ?5.39.217.76Mercedes’ Robert Wickens felt his car was good enough for pole position at Oschersleben, but the HWA team was caught out by the weather.
7 j. Y( J" Z3 W' V6 c; x- \$ Ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWickens 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.
$ V8 d2 s* P8 ?. ?' V* b- ^公仔箱論壇The Nürburgring winner has since revealed he felt his car was capable of pole position.
1 ? M/ D8 y8 ^7 [/ R5 V2 g/ i1 fTVBNOW 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’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.
9 n: m0 l( C. M8 |: g“It was very difficult to pick the right moment to go out on track with all the rain.5.39.217.76( J f* l, s8 m0 s
“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.
( n) ~7 m5 \7 l- l F* Z! k1 z“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.
5 u+ C7 F* a$ h- @; ~6 n公仔箱論壇“We didn’t expect that I would not go through to Q3.”
# N* b8 C7 l! Y) n4 U5 S5.39.217.76Despite his misfortune, Wickens will start tomorrow’s race as the best of the Mercedes drivers in P11.公仔箱論壇3 D4 K( S( G1 {6 i/ F4 n* G4 J' S
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. |