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" r, u! h6 S* \公仔箱論壇Mercedes’ Robert Wickens felt his car was good enough for pole position at Oschersleben, but the HWA team was caught out by the weather.
7 n% m5 g, g$ h$ N5 E/ ]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.' @# S, w5 `% o2 Y% ^- e9 w+ S
The Nürburgring winner has since revealed he felt his car was capable of pole position.公仔箱論壇& d; {7 W' C4 s. u
“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.
& ^* k" V7 \- mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“It was very difficult to pick the right moment to go out on track with all the rain.公仔箱論壇7 X* a8 T$ r+ A7 I& f6 ?
“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.公仔箱論壇& P7 k& x; u: N; Z5 L, g# i% M
“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.
6 }/ k( B, p6 a! W3 X公仔箱論壇“We didn’t expect that I would not go through to Q3.”公仔箱論壇4 P/ w8 P* m; ~1 u2 H& m% h; U4 C
Despite his misfortune, Wickens will start tomorrow’s race as the best of the Mercedes drivers in P11.
2 ^& R, T! ~9 q" \5.39.217.76Team-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. |
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