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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.
# n3 ]& p& t; E O/ XWickens 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.5.39.217.77& m. B% X* x. v! U( ^, i b
The Nürburgring winner has since revealed he felt his car was capable of pole position.
; E1 Z" ^/ C, r; j2 B* i( L- ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“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.
! T/ D2 f1 l2 h) b5.39.217.77“It was very difficult to pick the right moment to go out on track with all the rain.5.39.217.77& a( L/ v4 i6 R" }: b
“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.
|! R8 T1 }6 c" o0 eTVBNOW 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。“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.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。7 @ P% F4 T O: O8 l( D
“We didn’t expect that I would not go through to Q3.”
3 A5 g7 S7 G8 R/ G* p公仔箱論壇Despite his misfortune, Wickens will start tomorrow’s race as the best of the Mercedes drivers in P11.
s h& K0 d% z' z5 PTVBNOW 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。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. |