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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.公仔箱論壇3 ]5 k' f, p+ V. f
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+ \' P" I X/ V
The Nürburgring winner has since revealed he felt his car was capable of pole position.
/ k/ [' J% s/ L: Q. g, z公仔箱論壇“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.公仔箱論壇2 N0 D. q2 q. T, H- k8 u# g
“It was very difficult to pick the right moment to go out on track with all the rain.
' E; ~1 X! A. X$ Z" L+ P/ }* s“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.
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“We didn’t expect that I would not go through to Q3.”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。2 m1 L0 ]1 S. ]& a
Despite his misfortune, Wickens will start tomorrow’s race as the best of the Mercedes drivers in P11.2 m1 y$ f" J& `0 K: X* k9 M
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. |