[賽車] Robert Wickens rues missed pole position ， 描述： DTM

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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.
: A1 x# O: R- l+ W; i8 H公仔箱論壇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 E2 c+ ?: }) {3 R. N. ?8 c' r) x+ [
The Nürburgring winner has since revealed he felt his car was capable of pole position.公仔箱論壇2 j1 Z* @. f; K% f& }$ ~
“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.+ X" ]" ~4 ~+ x4 `# l+ V
“It was very difficult to pick the right moment to go out on track with all the rain.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 x* e8 v2 H& Y5 m
“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 ?" }$ G6 A+ z# E% l. ctvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“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./ V" T9 q3 a$ v! y- G( Q
“We didn’t expect that I would not go through to Q3.”
: V$ O6 [1 F' E! p- ]4 Y+ x/ M% tDespite his misfortune, Wickens will start tomorrow’s race as the best of the Mercedes drivers in P11.
6 d  ^9 @5 A$ M- m9 B, `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.