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5 W5 O$ Y- X, ~, JMercedes’ Robert Wickens felt his car was good enough for pole position at Oschersleben, but the HWA team was caught out by the weather.
+ q& j, N/ |3 Z) ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWickens 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 a) \8 U" K% Y# \6 D9 v2 B9 Ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe Nürburgring winner has since revealed he felt his car was capable of pole position.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。( v+ g7 M, t8 S+ @- b
“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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: |4 z- V6 A: ]6 |
“It was very difficult to pick the right moment to go out on track with all the rain.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。; B6 D9 Z; M! Q2 x* S g
“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.
& \- ?9 q& U# C4 z0 ~. C Q% d* h5.39.217.76“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.
$ t# P4 S. @3 R- z u Z: F5.39.217.76“We didn’t expect that I would not go through to Q3.”tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! {( B& F7 m, M7 k6 V. @1 a
Despite his misfortune, Wickens will start tomorrow’s race as the best of the Mercedes drivers in P11.
& c4 j. o8 O: A% f# W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. |