[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.: g' H. i- s/ ]* }
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.
! R7 m  T# [3 ?, \4 _$ z/ i$ ?2 B3 B公仔箱論壇The Nürburgring winner has since revealed he felt his car was capable of pole position." F, a; l3 S) B$ R8 l
“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.
% V* s# O6 o  {7 B: G1 G  e8 n“It was very difficult to pick the right moment to go out on track with all the rain.
7 B$ V6 B- Y4 F* P( c2 j' 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.
2 t! R! n* n0 C* q1 N' `, R8 {% M“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) n" L( ]" j. l0 {2 o' w* }& w
“We didn’t expect that I would not go through to Q3.”公仔箱論壇6 v1 v8 ?3 N" }/ ?. Z
Despite his misfortune, Wickens will start tomorrow’s race as the best of the Mercedes drivers in P11.
8 s% l$ C: T% J3 ~+ _- l* ^) K公仔箱論壇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.