The end of British Grand Prix at Silverstone had an unexpected result today: Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher finished in sixth and ninth places respectively, taking the Mercedes GP Petronas team to fourth place in the Constructors’ Championship.
Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher started the race on intermediates tyres, meaning that they no longer had to use both dry compounds. Rosberg ran a two-stop strategy, stopping for option tyres on laps 12 and 30, and making his final set last 22 laps. Schumacher’s race was compromised by a collision with Kamui Kobayashi on lap 9 whilst running in ninth place. This unfortunate event forced Schumacher to pit for a new nose and cost him a 10s stop-go penalty. Until the end of the race, Michael made three stops (on lap 9 for option tyres and a new nose, lap 16 for the stop-go, and on lap 31, again for options).
About this race Nico Rosberg stated: “I’m pretty pleased with our result this weekend. First of all because in qualifying we had the potential to be in the top five, and secondly we had a really good strategy in the race. My start was not good, so being able to eventually finish in sixth place is a nice result for us. And hopefully it’s the start of an upward trend, before our next home race in Germany, so I’m looking forward to confirming our performance at the Nürburgring. In the next few days, we will analyse the whole weekend with our new developments on the car, and will work hard on improving it even further.”
Michael Schumacher isn’t very pleased with the result. The driver said: “My result today is a bit of a shame, and of course I am not happy about it. I think fifth or even fourth place would not have been out of question today thanks to the superb job the guys back in Brackley and Brixworth have done. I would so much have wished to bring them some decent points this evening when we go back to the factory for a BBQ with their families. But unfortunately, and due to my fault, I cannot. Having used DRS for the first time in the race, I was arriving at the corner with over-run. Underestimating the effect, my braking was not good and this is how the collision happened. It was right to get a penalty but why it had to be a stop-go, and not a drive-through penalty, I would like to understand better as I felt it was too hard. Anyway, the good thing is that step-by-step, the hard work of our team is paying off more and more, and this is a good feeling heading towards our next home race.”
Source: media.daimler
Source for Image: Grand Prix Photography
4 comments
MSC never said he was “ashamed” of his race incident on Sunday. He said it was,”a bit of a shame.”
Get your facts right next time. So are we still holdng grudges after all these years? You know what I mean Mr.Bivin. Report what the man said, do not put words into his mouth and then call it journalism.
I agree with the previous person’s comment. The headline is NOT what Michael said. It is not even out of context.
…and you should be ashamed of posting that photo.
I officially apologize. I may have exaggerated a bit.
As you can see I changed the title and also the picture
I hope you’re pleased now 🙂
All the best, S.Bivin