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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5 ^% L, G# G: P. A: W; l' ]& A) L
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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb o8 x/ q6 @' j1 v. x) p/ P
The Nürburgring winner has since revealed he felt his car was capable of pole position.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。. i, |5 b7 R0 u- {' S( V/ I o
“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.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。8 p- a$ X' ]. P; ^# o
“It was very difficult to pick the right moment to go out on track with all the rain.公仔箱論壇: | r% X8 m5 [9 E. ~/ j1 b
“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.
4 u) F9 m: v! ^1 ]2 ^6 B& LTVBNOW 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。“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1 [5 _+ K& W# e/ U6 M8 w+ M
“We didn’t expect that I would not go through to Q3.”
0 G8 y1 `$ Q" u! J# ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvbDespite his misfortune, Wickens will start tomorrow’s race as the best of the Mercedes drivers in P11.
2 d4 d. a' c; e9 b ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTeam-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. |