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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.
, }+ h4 }; V- n' _' }www2.tvboxnow.comWickens 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 a: \+ k# p B8 [4 I$ w( jwww2.tvboxnow.comThe Nürburgring winner has since revealed he felt his car was capable of pole position.1 y$ q6 q( A/ P% T+ v! B% W
“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.' e" O- E2 s2 L9 r, R( ~. V
“It was very difficult to pick the right moment to go out on track with all the rain.
, N* c7 |2 R, K+ ~ L" ?. Y% F' f8 V" V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.5 k' i% g2 s6 v* x# Q4 k# U/ v
“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( L% b' K( ~- N& K8 c# aTVBNOW 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。“We didn’t expect that I would not go through to Q3.”5 n( ?- [3 B; F0 F
Despite his misfortune, Wickens will start tomorrow’s race as the best of the Mercedes drivers in P11.2 O* N% }7 l. _6 T. s3 p
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. |