[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.5 c3 A2 K# ~9 q3 h" l
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.
: H8 x1 |$ p5 g- ^  i+ ~; V& U" fThe Nürburgring winner has since revealed he felt his car was capable of pole position.  y, X, q. u+ \4 G8 C
“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.5.39.217.77:8898! e) J# q: \2 T# _+ n. t! J
“It was very difficult to pick the right moment to go out on track with all the rain.
" l0 e6 @9 L9 O( d: R5.39.217.77:8898“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.
# m) H* a, C% @: k5.39.217.77:8898“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.5.39.217.77:8898  t5 K) O3 [+ e. ~" y$ G
“We didn’t expect that I would not go through to Q3.”
' D2 t# A" J3 J! \! _4 P- m5.39.217.77:8898Despite his misfortune, Wickens will start tomorrow’s race as the best of the Mercedes drivers in P11.公仔箱論壇4 @+ [0 T( p, B$ x+ v
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.