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' `& e8 P0 {0 Z) ~, |7 o9 E* b3 XMercedes’ Robert Wickens felt his car was good enough for pole position at Oschersleben, but the HWA team was caught out by the weather.- V: x0 o" T1 A6 s) ^: O
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." o8 l+ R/ C1 a- w$ ?2 M7 U+ L% [
The Nürburgring winner has since revealed he felt his car was capable of pole position.
4 a) i l9 |7 _7 ]. a% T0 `& G: A“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.
3 J% [# ]/ q6 N& f4 s“It was very difficult to pick the right moment to go out on track with all the rain.
* f7 O" D: B! H; g: \% s5.39.217.76“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.
$ p* [: l! W# H8 I“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.
* s( P- }0 A2 S, e) YTVBNOW 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.”
1 A+ e% B; t9 TDespite his misfortune, Wickens will start tomorrow’s race as the best of the Mercedes drivers in P11.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。4 r1 n* B" ~- s K
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. |