9 V1 k" v* r( _8 n- ^9 |+ T5.39.217.77:8898Mercedes’ Robert Wickens felt his car was good enough for pole position at Oschersleben, but the HWA team was caught out by the weather. . }( x( t( P6 T6 s5 Q) ^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.公仔箱論壇+ v- ~+ r2 }1 U
The Nürburgring winner has since revealed he felt his car was capable of pole position. 7 K. W! _. h2 [6 o6 k# a) O“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 P6 Z$ {( d) S: c. T3 ~; ^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。“It was very difficult to pick the right moment to go out on track with all the rain.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 M* g. C! B* x8 x( O
“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.5.39.217.77:8898 C4 e! m9 t9 V. L+ \3 J
“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. - E% ^& a9 h; i/ b9 I' f5 h公仔箱論壇“We didn’t expect that I would not go through to Q3.”tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 c% I8 w- T$ G6 z5 n
Despite his misfortune, Wickens will start tomorrow’s race as the best of the Mercedes drivers in P11.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 e) o3 t# P9 `
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.