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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 z- I- [+ s( j% |& h; @! y j# ITVBNOW 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。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.
$ ^- b4 Z( e# o/ A2 m9 ~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。The Nürburgring winner has since revealed he felt his car was capable of pole position.+ i( b. ?2 t, x- k# h X
“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.
% ~4 r0 m0 G7 Y2 ^7 s. T% o3 m“It was very difficult to pick the right moment to go out on track with all the rain.
/ r' U" D# Z' i N公仔箱論壇“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.
" k5 W: { F( L, o5 F“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.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。8 W: R! a( S; q* I* N R# x
“We didn’t expect that I would not go through to Q3.”
2 X5 ]: [5 y1 X C! `1 ?$ K$ Z公仔箱論壇Despite his misfortune, Wickens will start tomorrow’s race as the best of the Mercedes drivers in P11.- v" q8 x8 O6 \* s8 c
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. |