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* X/ z# v" k$ i9 @+ ?, w, l, V公仔箱論壇Mercedes’ Robert Wickens felt his car was good enough for pole position at Oschersleben, but the HWA team was caught out by the weather.
1 v" _* `: z7 CWickens 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 y6 k6 z4 r2 U3 E. r
The Nürburgring winner has since revealed he felt his car was capable of pole position.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 y6 y7 U P1 ~
“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.5.39.217.77:88980 V( B! { T' [. n; l/ R0 w
“It was very difficult to pick the right moment to go out on track with all the rain.公仔箱論壇) K; q$ H' y7 `, X$ K
“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.TVBNOW 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。# q+ |, o7 ?$ V' ~9 L+ a$ F
“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.
/ n, n% x- F2 B3 U6 v( O# rTVBNOW 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。“We didn’t expect that I would not go through to Q3.”) y' a4 c$ g' m/ ?& W0 v
Despite his misfortune, Wickens will start tomorrow’s race as the best of the Mercedes drivers in P11.8 E& v7 y' K( h1 Z5 d
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. |