Nico Rosberg finished the Indian Grand Prix in 11th place today with team-mate
Michael Schumacher classified in P22.
• Nico completed a one-stop strategy, running soft then hard tyres, and made his
pit stop on lap 27
• Michael suffered a first lap right-rear puncture after contact with another
car at the first corner
• He made two stops on laps one and 33, starting the race on the hard tyre, then
running two sets of soft tyres
Nico Rosberg
Finishing just outside of the points is always tough, and it was a hard afternoon for
us out there. Starting with new tyres, I hoped to be able to make up a couple of places
but we just didn’t have the pace so I had to keep fighting off the cars coming from
behind me. It’s a difficult time for us but we are learning for next year so
that’s one positive thing.
Michael Schumacher
That was a pretty unsatisfactory race today. It was effectively over just after the
start; I lost so much time getting back to the pits with the puncture that any hope of
scoring points was gone. In the meantime, the pace was pretty good but I was too far
behind to make up more than a few positions. In the end, we had to retire the car for
technical reasons.
Ross Brawn
We are racing in a closely-matched field this season, where a few tenths of a second
in lap time make a significant difference to your position. At the moment, we are on the
wrong end of those precious tenths and that once again left us outside the points this
afternoon. Nico made his one-stop strategy work well, looking after his tyres so that he
still had reasonable speed at the end of both stints, but otherwise he had a relatively
quiet race.
As for Michael, the contact at the first corner made it an uphill battle for him from
turn two onwards, and left him at the back of the field. However, by running two stints on
the option tyre, he was able to show respectable speed at some points of the race. We
brought his car in before the end of the race as a precaution after we became aware of
some gearbox concerns.
Norbert Haug
Michael suffered contact on the opening lap, which caused a puncture and put him to
the back of the field after his pit stop. He retired the car with a gearbox issue five
laps before the finish. As for Nico, his car didn´t have the speed to score points
after starting from 10th position. We have a lot of work to do and everybody in the team
is well aware of it.
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