標題: [賽車] Robert Wickens rues missed pole position [打印本頁] 作者: Geofredo 時間: 2013-9-15 02:44 PM 標題: Robert Wickens rues missed pole position
; a7 L. s5 J% w; b% w" {2 t2 | ( C1 P) Q. ]' u' v% E3 b8 FMercedes’ Robert Wickens felt his car was good enough for pole position at Oschersleben, but the HWA team was caught out by the weather.1 E' l* i+ i5 _8 H l" D/ x
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. 7 k" x7 e% y6 n3 v" MThe Nürburgring winner has since revealed he felt his car was capable of pole position.) b" P6 L3 O- T8 g% C$ i
“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. - y) Y. S+ q, I1 q7 }' `+ J C! E“It was very difficult to pick the right moment to go out on track with all the rain. 6 t) V8 C( x5 k( E1 V3 E: z, ~4 W; T“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 ]# v5 Z$ U8 S3 {6 b7 Htvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“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.os.tvboxnow.com( j$ o |, w" J6 O# R
“We didn’t expect that I would not go through to Q3.” 0 |' e5 n% S& h4 J" g9 v+ GDespite his misfortune, Wickens will start tomorrow’s race as the best of the Mercedes drivers in P11. ) Y" i: Q- r' KTeam-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.
