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% X6 P& e5 n1 u( o" C( {公仔箱論壇Mercedes’ Robert Wickens felt his car was good enough for pole position at Oschersleben, but the HWA team was caught out by the weather.
& f9 T3 i2 I3 c2 R) y5 }/ j; l公仔箱論壇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.
- V( u0 ?5 N: \, v) @公仔箱論壇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。6 d* U0 Q# h- ?0 E3 ~
“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.tvboxnow.com* n7 a/ k! N. Y" \* K! w
“It was very difficult to pick the right moment to go out on track with all the rain.$ Z3 [1 \' O3 ?/ ~# f
“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.公仔箱論壇9 f- z1 Y# N- U/ 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.tvboxnow.com: S. w U" T+ H q+ M: M
“We didn’t expect that I would not go through to Q3.”
# m7 R9 F% M9 i2 a8 YDespite his misfortune, Wickens will start tomorrow’s race as the best of the Mercedes drivers in P11.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。0 A6 T9 i% v* [: n' H ~
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. |