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
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tvboxnow.com! I9 Y- e7 K( p" S; | Mercedes’ Robert Wickens felt his car was good enough for pole position at Oschersleben, but the HWA team was caught out by the weather." L9 R* S$ k+ h2 _
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.: _ E% [6 h- s; j' g: S1 T* w
The Nürburgring winner has since revealed he felt his car was capable of pole position.! J# i( Z2 D- W, r/ P" 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. * o: A; F* y0 N/ q8 i“It was very difficult to pick the right moment to go out on track with all the rain. & b" H0 ?/ r5 M: h% H- f+ M2 P“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. % g4 |. J! h: a! Wtvb 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 K* A3 F3 d& O S( L9 Q; w' U4 E
“We didn’t expect that I would not go through to Q3.” & w# f3 y2 }; t& _Despite his misfortune, Wickens will start tomorrow’s race as the best of the Mercedes drivers in P11." E" n" I& K1 ]6 v/ g! T6 y
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.
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