Nico Rosberg: It was really a roller-coaster race for me

Nico Rosberg has described his Canadian Grand Prix as a roller-coaster of a race, as the German driver started the race from 5th position and only managed to finish 6th. The Mercedes driver insisted that he could have done better, but the tyre dominated race failed to work out for the German team.

Since taking is maiden victory at the Chinese Grand Prix back in April, Nico Rosberg has had a tough time in the hunt for his second victory. With Michael Schumacher retiring with a misfortunate hydraulic DRS failure, Mercedes only took 8 points from the Canadian Grand Prix.

“It was really a roller-coaster race for me.” Explained Nico Rosberg after the race, “There were good times and bad times and in the end it was all over the place. I am sure that I could have done better today - definitely. But at the same time it could have been worse. So overall sixth place is okay and it means good points for the Championship. It was again a tyre race.”

At the start of the race, Nico Rosberg was locked in a battle with Ferrari’s Felipe Massa before the Force India of Paul di Resta breezed past the German. With Sergio Perez and Romain Grosjean smoother on their tyres, a podium was unfortunately out of reach for the German star.

“In the first couple of laps I had a problem finding the rhythm.” Said Rosberg, “I didn’t feel comfortable on the brakes and I would say that my seventh gear was a bit too short and that was at the beginning. Then came laps where I felt very much at home. Of course it could have worked out better.”

Whilst Nico Rosberg struggled and eventually finished 6th, McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton stormed to his first victory of the season. After the race, the British driver said that the season is very random and that anybody has the ability to be victorious. However, Nico Rosberg disagrees with the McLaren driver.

“No, that is not true.” Stated the German driver, “This is not an equal opportunity society where anybody can win but different cars work with the tyres in different ways under different conditions. You have to try as a team to have a car that works with the tyres in all conditions. And then it is not random anymore and that is when you win more than one race.”

With Red Bull’s Helmut Marko tipping Nico Rosberg to be amongst the five drivers who could decide the title, the German driver will undeniably have to start winning more races as the season progresses. Niki Lauda once said that your first win in Formula 1 is the hardest, however it’s the second win that seems to harder to find for Nico Rosberg.

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