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
, e& r4 X% O& M# Y( N公仔箱論壇1 v8 i( s. p( Q) O 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& H8 s: m$ Z. 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.www2.tvboxnow.com, j) n& @" y; | ?8 W5 m
The Nürburgring winner has since revealed he felt his car was capable of pole position.公仔箱論壇- m4 j* a( _% j/ Y0 Z( u
“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. 1 o3 r, r& P" A$ M/ G公仔箱論壇“It was very difficult to pick the right moment to go out on track with all the rain. 4 b5 ~# S, Q+ I公仔箱論壇“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. : W* P$ f' D1 W+ 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.www2.tvboxnow.com/ m, J& g" K2 A
“We didn’t expect that I would not go through to Q3.” / N6 n# U5 k" ]+ \' E, ADespite his misfortune, Wickens will start tomorrow’s race as the best of the Mercedes drivers in P11.公仔箱論壇4 `4 t( V1 ~: p5 t
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.
