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' a0 r& n& l, B( @Mercedes’ Robert Wickens felt his car was good enough for pole position at Oschersleben, but the HWA team was caught out by the weather.5.39.217.76# |$ n$ ^+ }' i8 W: i$ g @% U
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.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。! s, c3 F9 V6 z+ b- ?9 |: B7 L% I
The Nürburgring winner has since revealed he felt his car was capable of pole position.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ P! C: |) `1 R2 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.
' z1 t! R+ e) }“It was very difficult to pick the right moment to go out on track with all the rain.& g0 r+ R/ B) K* h8 |! c, `
“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.
6 N3 B* K: S* V3 i; d* p“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.7 {9 a& ?5 l$ a: n) X/ L7 G: i- W
“We didn’t expect that I would not go through to Q3.”
* e" I6 T% W/ t2 F. \* J# FDespite his misfortune, Wickens will start tomorrow’s race as the best of the Mercedes drivers in P11.
0 V# ^& n4 \/ K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. |