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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- O: @* N" N2 q9 g
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.5.39.217.77* @6 i& @1 b/ g+ j; ^* O) P
The Nürburgring winner has since revealed he felt his car was capable of pole position.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ n3 z; e2 B- J. P( j
“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. W* q& G! _+ t3 s$ p! ]" i" ^
“It was very difficult to pick the right moment to go out on track with all the rain.
6 A/ Y! S) |3 }+ o; b4 |“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.4 K+ n3 B6 S0 D& o9 y) Z: `
“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.5.39.217.77& y) |6 X, m( E7 E0 k) ?
“We didn’t expect that I would not go through to Q3.”5.39.217.77) v5 k0 W4 Q0 o# X- u4 k& Y
Despite his misfortune, Wickens will start tomorrow’s race as the best of the Mercedes drivers in P11.
6 Y. P+ D: q, J: A/ m$ m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. |
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