10 June 2024
Rosberg aims to avoid first lap drama
"I will put a bit more focus than usual on the start"
Championship leader Nico Rosberg said he will wary at the start of Sunday’s Spanish grand prix, following a spate of first-corner crashes in 2016.
While the German has serenely won all four races so far this season and escaped the chaos, it is believed the issue of his rivals - notably Daniil Kvyat - making contact behind him was raised in the FIA driver briefing in Barcelona.
"I will put a bit more focus than usual on the start," Rosberg told DPA news agency in Spain.
Fellow German Nico Hulkenberg added: "There have been a few heated laps.
"But I think it was always like that. It’s just hard racing."
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