The Mercedes driver, now a triathlon aficionado like Jenson Button, completed the full Olympic distance of the world championship round in Kitzbuhel, Austria. Read more at Motorsport.com
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The Mercedes driver, now a triathlon aficionado like Jenson Button, completed the full Olympic distance of the world championship round in Kitzbuhel, Austria. Read more at Motorsport.com
Mercedes GP PETRONAS driver Nico Rosberg has said that his retirement in the Hungarian Grand Prix marked a “disappointing end to a difficult weekend”. Full press release please find at Mercedes Benz website.
According to Autosport.com, the Williams mechanic hit by the flying wheel from Nico Rosberg’s car escaped serious injury after the incident during the Hungarian Grand Prix. Rosberg’s right rear tyre became loose right as the German Mercedes driver was joining the pitlane following his pitstop.
It was a disappointing end to a difficult weekend today. I didn’t have a good start because I was on the dirty side and I was struggling to find the pace to keep up with Petrov, so it would have been tough to make up much ground. We needed to have a good pit stop to stay ahead of Kubica but unfortunately we had the problem with the right rear wheel. It’s disappointing to have my first retirement of the season but these things happen and we will learn from the experience. After I heard that my tyre hit big Nige (Nigel Hope), one of my old Williams truckies, I was more concerned about my tyre than him! But seriously, it’s great that he doesn’t have any serious injures and I’m sorry for the incident. We’ll come back in Spa ready to do better.
I’m pleased to be starting from sixth place as we didn’t think we would be that far forward today, so it’s an unexpected and pleasant surprise. We are a long way from the front which is a concern but we took everything that we could from today and I am happy with our performance. We did a very good job with the set-up which meant we could get the best out of the car. Hopefully I can have a good start and our aim as always is to make up a few more places and get some decent points again.
It was an interesting day and even though we have taken a small step back with our upgrades, the car seems to work as it should. The track was unexpectedly fast so we had to do some different things with the set-up just to get a feel for it. My lap time wasn’t particularly representative as I didn’t set a time because of the traffic so I think we look to be in our general position behind the frontrunners at the moment.
Mercedes GP’s Nico Rosberg is in a perfect place. His first win might still be proving elusive, but his standing in the paddock has rocketed since he’s been outperforming seven-time champion team mate Michael Schumacher. So, with the pressure off, when that maiden victory finally comes his way, he’ll be ready for it… Read more at Formula1.com
Budapest is a great city and the atmosphere there and at the track over the race weekend is very vibrant so I always enjoy visiting. The Hungaroring is one of those tracks that provides a real technical challenge and it is good fun to drive. Overtaking is difficult there so qualifying is really important and you need to start from as high up the grid as possible. Qualifying hasn’t been our strong point recently so we will be working hard on our preparations over the weekend to give us the best chance in the race. I had a strong weekend in Hungary last year, finishing in fourth place, and it would be nice to be competing towards the front again this time around.
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