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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.tvboxnow.com7 K/ _5 a1 _* U, ~, |
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 L! F$ l3 M6 T# ]" D% Y, gTVBNOW 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。The Nürburgring winner has since revealed he felt his car was capable of pole position.4 i0 E" X7 e/ ?3 J# l, i; N
“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.0 r& m4 U4 {9 P; H
“It was very difficult to pick the right moment to go out on track with all the rain.
% Y# s4 s) o f {8 X$ Utvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“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.
. g- v! K9 P8 r& I' XTVBNOW 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# p J$ S* J0 W+ s! {/ o1 s
“We didn’t expect that I would not go through to Q3.”* {2 a4 q6 n) \- H; J/ [
Despite his misfortune, Wickens will start tomorrow’s race as the best of the Mercedes drivers in P11.% v$ F. V8 w5 ?7 v5 ^* U3 T2 |
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. |