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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/ w/ n( T- {0 i; W$ k
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: T6 ]' D+ X. }# H" E
The Nürburgring winner has since revealed he felt his car was capable of pole position.
! N, S* D4 M4 k9 D) J* f) {6 ?/ HTVBNOW 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。“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.
1 [: ?$ H, I: W( z公仔箱論壇“It was very difficult to pick the right moment to go out on track with all the rain.5.39.217.779 j- T. t2 ?1 A; h7 u
“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.' q. E/ u' v* [8 H: Y( l
“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. J3 W4 K" D9 L* \7 J( C" Z- r# N# g
“We didn’t expect that I would not go through to Q3.”公仔箱論壇* W7 V9 ~ [4 O9 k) ~1 q
Despite his misfortune, Wickens will start tomorrow’s race as the best of the Mercedes drivers in P11.
& G$ a6 E0 u% K5 W: q4 `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. |