Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg drove a little off the Singapore spotlight on a strong fifth place, “More was not today”
While in the lit canyons of Singapore some incidents, especially the duel between Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel were in focus, Nico Rosberg went almost unnoticed a strong Grand Prix. The 25-year-old took fifth in ten major points for Mercedes, Michael Schumacher, meanwhile, went away empty-handed.

“It was definitely a great race,” says Rosberg satisfied. “I had a great start, just as hoped I was able to keep pace at the start with Jenson, from behind made Kubica some pressure but that was not a big problem I have benefited from the fact that Lewis retired Fifth Place -…. Better it did not work today. ”
Start from seventh place to Rosberg worked relatively simply from the Singapore night. It’s always hard. While it was in previous times more exhausting, but it is always hard. That’s always the toughest race. Fortunately, I had in the last 30 laps no pressure. If I’d have to push to the end , then it would not have been easy. ”

“I had to save the brakes. I was in the end, brake problems, but others might be more,” says the native of Wiesbaden. “Mercedes has certainly made a little progress, but there is still immense.” In the overall standings, Rosberg after the Singapore weekend now 122 points. It is therefore only three points behind Felipe Massa.

For Nico Rosberg, it was not only in the rainy morning practice round, but even under the drier conditions in the afternoon. On the morning of the Mercedes driver was 1.747 seconds with residue at position six, the second 90 minutes of training, he finished with a 0.562 seconds gap to fifth place.

“Today was mainly a matter of review, as our updates are working,” said Rosberg. “I think we have the hinbekommen well. In view of the weekend we see quite good. But we have to wait and see.”
“Today was not too bad, I think, however, that many things because of the conditions were a little different. And since you did not drive much, this time one should not take too seriously. I also think we can do better, will than we have done at Silverstone, or at least the same level., I think we have a good weekend. ”

The problem the training because of weather conditions was: “Simply because of wind, because the conditions all the time changing. We started on the very, very wet track, so we had the full rain tires. Then we are a bit driven, have so far learned, it should rain tomorrow. ”

“Especially under these conditions, I would be very confident. In the morning we drove very fast times, at least I was this morning, very fast. If there are such conditions, I would be very confident.”

“In the dry the track was still damp at the beginning of something. You changed so much. In addition, it was necessary in view of the race with a lot of fuel on board, go and try, all within an hour may resort in dry conditions that we in the end ultimately have. It’s difficult when you have to do as much work on the set and things like that. ”

Time of the Mercedes driver also lost by an incident in training, which cost him the front wing. The Wiesbaden cut from the first corner too strong: “The bollard was simply too big.” The front wing broke off from what Rosberg led in allusion to the “front wing” allegations at Red Bull for joking: “I took Michaels: He moved back to the old.”

It is interesting this weekend, the choice of tires, for Bridgestone has the softest and the decision the toughest – a distance, such as has never been before: “At the moment seems to be the soft no great problem to present, he seems to fit even actually” so Rosberg. “It will not, like in Montreal when the tire was within ten laps at the end.”
“They seem to be better, maybe it will therefore be the problem, the hard to move properly to work, because this really looks very hard. That is probably right now the trend. But it’s hard to say how it will be because we are probably not enough laps, and the track is not in the condition as it will be on Sunday. ”

Of course, hopes Rosberg on a successful weekend, after all, it’s his home race, “I have won in every category, with which I came here it was not too bad, this is also to create in the formula first, it is a very special thing to go with the silver arrow here, after all, I grew up in relation to racing 20 kilometers away. There, the race team my father was stationed, for which I completed all the races when I’ve worked up. ”

“It’s a great feeling to drive here from all spectators. Hopefully we will see in the stands a lot of silver caps, which we applaud. It will be incredible to get to all a good result for the team, for the teams, that would be great. “