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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.
$ ?6 o& o# @% Ywww1.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.
: C8 I0 F$ T( O: R; K, ~9 xTVBNOW 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。The Nürburgring winner has since revealed he felt his car was capable of pole position.
8 E8 r( X: H( d) I5 QTVBNOW 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’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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: Q. D: u! K- [( @7 ?" T. h! g
“It was very difficult to pick the right moment to go out on track with all the rain.. e# A2 u# l5 V- v* \
“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.公仔箱論壇; o5 a) }9 |0 [, I! Z- p
“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.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。 n5 z) \: X. J4 K
“We didn’t expect that I would not go through to Q3.”
# Y/ m! C& Q% n& Y. w. e6 aDespite his misfortune, Wickens will start tomorrow’s race as the best of the Mercedes drivers in P11.
' U9 N6 @2 Z1 \- I' \tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTeam-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. |