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; i6 N# N) _+ B1 {+ |. s( dMercedes’ 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2 d1 ~ e8 |5 I6 S* ]" Y
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.
+ a" R @5 b; o# j1 ]9 ~$ y; o9 p" GThe Nürburgring winner has since revealed he felt his car was capable of pole position.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 W; Q6 a: I6 V& D7 I! m
“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.
# t3 e' u! n, k# o: K) j5.39.217.77:8898“It was very difficult to pick the right moment to go out on track with all the rain.7 ?% V2 m, q" g1 q5 E4 C
“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。: `5 a; U- `0 i- ^8 r
“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.
, r- d! m* }: `2 v: ~% p pTVBNOW 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。“We didn’t expect that I would not go through to Q3.”
: p7 E, q: g+ @- r5.39.217.77:8898Despite his misfortune, Wickens will start tomorrow’s race as the best of the Mercedes drivers in P11.
& z; e! @- C+ v0 S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. |