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4 K* N7 c- u5 \" e- _( w$ Z( LMercedes’ Robert Wickens felt his car was good enough for pole position at Oschersleben, but the HWA team was caught out by the weather.
' ^- @! v/ E Z& b2 b5 g. ]% x z: wWickens 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7 t8 P# M; i S$ I! P3 K% |3 n
The Nürburgring winner has since revealed he felt his car was capable of pole position.
/ v( [2 Q& S5 Y8 @- 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.
7 u# {( x8 Y/ e“It was very difficult to pick the right moment to go out on track with all the rain.
1 u0 [5 |# f0 d" P3 X2 h+ y/ o+ 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.
" I$ {% B& b0 h6 a, v“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.
$ q- ~+ } q! L8 m% t% @6 ~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。“We didn’t expect that I would not go through to Q3.”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。' i- H0 o# g8 X5 i8 R; F9 j; R
Despite his misfortune, Wickens will start tomorrow’s race as the best of the Mercedes drivers in P11.公仔箱論壇- G1 a8 m+ n6 M 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. |