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$ N; [6 l' g/ a) `5.39.217.77:8898Mercedes’ Robert Wickens felt his car was good enough for pole position at Oschersleben, but the HWA team was caught out by the weather." t; ^% e2 R2 X% W& D% Q$ ?) F6 [- M( I
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.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。+ R% d5 q6 A# D5 X1 V
The Nürburgring winner has since revealed he felt his car was capable of pole position.* \/ F0 ]. ^$ v. w8 J
“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.
, f" V& [$ n8 U$ x$ t9 u' y6 Q“It was very difficult to pick the right moment to go out on track with all the rain.
! [: ]2 j, h) K+ U9 b2 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。“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。0 J/ A% ^- M- `7 H- q7 X
“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.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。# y9 C0 G, v; z' C7 }- F) x
“We didn’t expect that I would not go through to Q3.”
. {" D3 c0 G( R$ W$ N$ v# NTVBNOW 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.* s0 O- |" `4 H. P
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. |