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: r" Q" l" V0 P4 Q' l! }5 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.公仔箱論壇 \# p, \6 v; Z6 y9 `$ S
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.公仔箱論壇) e2 X! a7 Z/ @% ~5 l
The Nürburgring winner has since revealed he felt his car was capable of pole position.
, O8 C u' i9 N& ?. @) L$ P4 D$ jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“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 [" Y* ` t( f
“It was very difficult to pick the right moment to go out on track with all the rain.5.39.217.766 I) U" l$ w+ o% w
“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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb v4 y' F; d7 v# U
“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。! g$ n5 C; e) C( Z1 V
“We didn’t expect that I would not go through to Q3.”! _$ z! K6 v4 r0 F: G% o
Despite his misfortune, Wickens will start tomorrow’s race as the best of the Mercedes drivers in P11.
& s4 K+ b( L8 V公仔箱論壇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. |