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. C- U z4 f) W& f1 w* itvb 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.2 ]/ l2 V$ m0 a& K
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.
5 ]9 Q" y. N, [/ P, W$ L U* d5.39.217.76The Nürburgring winner has since revealed he felt his car was capable of pole position.5.39.217.76) T* u1 q% ]% P) X+ c/ z( Y
“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.5.39.217.76 d( R0 I! R- ]+ c1 E3 ~
“It was very difficult to pick the right moment to go out on track with all the rain.
- |. {; g" p C9 jTVBNOW 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。“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.
4 \& e1 [! A0 s. i& B* g( etvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“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.
$ L/ {4 U: D1 \" ^/ c/ v. u# F, x公仔箱論壇“We didn’t expect that I would not go through to Q3.”2 V: s) l- _+ G
Despite his misfortune, Wickens will start tomorrow’s race as the best of the Mercedes drivers in P11.
/ K: t. H+ [2 F. A6 }6 TTVBNOW 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。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. |