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& O& y8 S$ G( K+ ]Mercedes’ Robert Wickens felt his car was good enough for pole position at Oschersleben, but the HWA team was caught out by the weather.
* K: V& z& m, 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。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.
: j# T5 \. j* a! i1 H5 m- oTVBNOW 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.www.tvboxnow.com. g5 a j, u' \1 t! \
“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.( j: S5 n8 |" g" L+ r7 S
“It was very difficult to pick the right moment to go out on track with all the rain.www.tvboxnow.com0 g A n6 ^4 j C7 u
“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) h! _" v$ G x* ]
“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.# k' l2 S' `# P" W8 Z% U; N
“We didn’t expect that I would not go through to Q3.”tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; x- `$ T# Z/ M! K' l0 e% C
Despite his misfortune, Wickens will start tomorrow’s race as the best of the Mercedes drivers in P11.www.tvboxnow.com2 X' {% H( w$ q l+ U3 `
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. |