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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.
* C ^% S2 z( ?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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 z$ J! F5 h5 S% @
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。/ n, |0 B. w: d2 l0 i8 E3 Z& \
“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.# G' b6 V. D Y2 W @( S
“It was very difficult to pick the right moment to go out on track with all the rain.公仔箱論壇+ @1 e0 @ Z% e U* z7 S4 A6 y
“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.
6 T( V2 V9 |7 E K, d公仔箱論壇“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.
+ l8 v9 F4 k8 G' x( qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“We didn’t expect that I would not go through to Q3.”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。" ^* A# t: _# j" X$ r
Despite his misfortune, Wickens will start tomorrow’s race as the best of the Mercedes drivers in P11.
6 \' Z2 k' H2 f F) hTeam-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. |