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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.
9 p' y) W7 K" z8 y公仔箱論壇The Nürburgring winner has since revealed he felt his car was capable of pole position.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 X8 {, m: k7 t: \ D
“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.
" B/ `8 @) U& o2 `) v1 y“It was very difficult to pick the right moment to go out on track with all the rain.
8 B: ^+ E( h+ J) x. N+ i# Q. Q“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., l# t% ^7 B P" N! t
“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. y2 G: f6 Q; l& Z
“We didn’t expect that I would not go through to Q3.”
B" W0 T6 Y9 v$ MTVBNOW 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。Despite his misfortune, Wickens will start tomorrow’s race as the best of the Mercedes drivers in P11.
W% L2 f2 o JTVBNOW 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。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. |