標題: [賽車] Robert Wickens rues missed pole position [打印本頁] 作者: Geofredo 時間: 2013-9-15 02:44 PM 標題: Robert Wickens rues missed pole position
8 x* n) U2 I0 N8 X5.39.217.775.39.217.77% w( ]. }6 S# v Mercedes’ Robert Wickens felt his car was good enough for pole position at Oschersleben, but the HWA team was caught out by the weather.公仔箱論壇. D( A0 a5 { E- h
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.1 o0 Z; y: D, a' @7 I
The Nürburgring winner has since revealed he felt his car was capable of pole position.5.39.217.77* R2 {1 H3 w" j+ \* f: h
“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. 6 R o" X8 p' G+ K: l“It was very difficult to pick the right moment to go out on track with all the rain. 1 x; `& n; L( b% e; ]: ?“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.公仔箱論壇4 |- w: a$ M( F2 } B' i0 @
“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.公仔箱論壇( H' \+ z* h, z) ~. }
“We didn’t expect that I would not go through to Q3.”公仔箱論壇3 S, R7 z* N+ y& k* ^" ~
Despite his misfortune, Wickens will start tomorrow’s race as the best of the Mercedes drivers in P11. - u/ O4 Q t- b4 V" U" ^8 C5.39.217.77Team-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.
