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Mercedes’ Robert Wickens felt his car was good enough for pole position at Oschersleben, but the HWA team was caught out by the weather.
3 A( }) _: J& C+ g3 u6 s0 o" {5.39.217.77Wickens 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." @" u1 M% g4 e8 U
The Nürburgring winner has since revealed he felt his car was capable of pole position.
3 l, X% t1 m- D“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 G- C2 s& S3 s+ S“It was very difficult to pick the right moment to go out on track with all the rain.9 b) q2 P7 y9 t( x6 V3 H
“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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 n- g) ], s3 J# t) X' Q: d! @! 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.
+ J" v# U% E, T4 J& U7 }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.”
( p) f. S) l3 {3 k3 n% U- j公仔箱論壇Despite his misfortune, Wickens will start tomorrow’s race as the best of the Mercedes drivers in P11.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! c: v, `4 |6 Z8 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. |