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, F& `; X& d. R$ i% EMercedes’ Robert Wickens felt his car was good enough for pole position at Oschersleben, but the HWA team was caught out by the weather.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。% g5 g& g0 l5 B, P8 X
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.
: S0 P. Q4 u' ]The Nürburgring winner has since revealed he felt his car was capable of pole position.
( K- C/ a; ^9 u5 Fwww2.tvboxnow.com“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.
; j6 Q4 r9 e; x# F) KTVBNOW 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。“It was very difficult to pick the right moment to go out on track with all the rain.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。" G4 b& Z$ C9 G" U7 ]( S
“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.+ P1 }. A% g% j
“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.
, G, Z5 z% f# ~% w! ]) l$ v+ r“We didn’t expect that I would not go through to Q3.”/ ]! B4 |0 d& D0 Z3 c7 N% ~ X
Despite his misfortune, Wickens will start tomorrow’s race as the best of the Mercedes drivers in P11.www2.tvboxnow.com+ j' [/ @5 Z2 O
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. |