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Jerez day one - Raikkonen leads the way for Lotus |
2012-02-08 01:10:00 |
| He may have been away from the sport for the last two seasons but that didn't stop 2007 world champion Kimi Raikkonen from topping the timesheets, as this year's opening test got underway in Jerez on Tuesday. Raikkonen clocked a best time of 1m 19.670s at the Spanish circuit in the new Lotus E20.
Paul di Resta was second in Force India's 2012 car, the VJM05, ahead of Nico Rosberg, who was third in the 2011-spec Mercedes. Rosberg's team mate Michael Schumacher was also in action in the MGP W02 during the day and took the sixth slot. The team focused on testing Pirelli's 2012 tyres.
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Nico Rosberg |
2012-01-04 06:38:06 |
| A profile of the German F1 driver, Nico Rosberg, who outshone Mercedes veteran Michael Schumacher in 2011.
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Final practice - Hamilton keeps McLaren on top |
2011-11-12 20:27:00 |
| Lewis Hamilton maintained his and McLaren's stranglehold in Saturday afternoon's final practice at Yas Marina, topping a busy hour with the only sub-1m 39s lap of the weekend thus far.
The fastest time changed hands 17 times, as Jerome D'Ambrosio, Sergio Perez, Paul di Resta, Felipe Massa, Jenson Button, Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, Adrian Sutil, Nico Rosberg and Mark Webber all had turns at the top
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Nico Rosberg Q&A: Staying is logical - Mercedes are going places |
2011-11-11 01:54:00 |
| After signing a multi-year extension to his contract with Mercedes, Nico Rosberg is in a positive frame of mind. It's not surprising, given that with technical heavyweights Geoff Willis and Aldo Costa joining their ranks, the German team are plotting a successful future. Rosberg discusses his decision and his hopes for next season and beyond
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Rosberg extends contract with Mercedes |
2011-11-10 18:15:00 |
| Mercedes announced on Thursday that Nico Rosberg has signed a new multi-year contract extension which will include 2013 and beyond. It means the German team will enjoy stability in its driver line-up for a third consecutive season as Rosberg's team mate Michael Schumacher will also be driving next season.
"I am very excited to have extended my contract with the team, said the 26 year-old. To win in a Silver Arrow will be one of the highlights of my life so far, and I greatly enjoy helping to lead our team in our quest to become the best in Formula One.
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Race - Vettel eases to inaugural Indian victory |
2011-10-30 20:42:00 |
| Sebastian Vettel won the 2011 Formula 1 Airtel Grand Prix of India, but it might as well have been a replay of his victory in Korea a fortnight ago as he simply ran away and hid and left Jenson Button to chase him from a distance.
Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber were even further behind while yet another clash with Felipe Massa left a bitterly disappointed Lewis Hamilton to a seventh-place finish in the McLaren behind the Mercedes duo of Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg.
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Rosberg hails 'step forward' |
2011-10-29 20:59:42 |
| Nico Rosberg said that Mercedes had made a step forward after he qualified seventh on the grid for the Indian Grand Prix and said that but for an incident in Q1 and at the end of Q3, he could have been even higher
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Exclusive Q&A with Mercedes' Nico Rosberg |
2011-10-29 03:19:00 |
| As he approaches the end of his second season with Mercedes, still chasing the elusive first win he was so sure the team could bring him, Nico Rosberg talks with Formula1.com about his past, present and future with the famous German marque
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Rosberg flags pit exit problem |
2011-10-14 18:13:13 |
| Nico Rosberg thinks the pit lane exit at the Korean International Circuit should be looked at after he was involved in an accident with Jaime Alguersuari during free practice on Friday
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Rosberg fined over stewards delay |
2011-10-14 17:56:00 |
Nico Rosberg has been fined 10,000 Euros, of which 5,000 Euros will be suspended, for failing to visit the stewards in a 'timely' manner after second free practice.
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Drivers to get pit exit warning |
2011-10-14 17:31:00 |
Drivers will be warned via lights on the main straight about rivals exiting the pits at the Yeongam circuit during the remainder of the Korean GP in a bid to avoid a repeat of the Nico Rosberg/Jaime Alguersuari collision.
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Button wins race, Vettel champion |
2011-10-09 14:36:00 |
Japanese GP: 1-Button, 2-Alonso, 3-Vettel, 4-Webber, 5-Hamilton, 6-Schumacher, 7-Massa, 8-Perez, 9-Petrov, 10-Rosberg.
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Rosberg bemoans tyre degradation |
2011-09-26 02:49:51 |
| Nico Rosberg believes his Mercedes was fast enough to snatch sixth place at the Singapore Grand Prix but missed out due to tyre degradation and the timing of the safety car
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Singapore GP: Free practice 3 |
2011-09-24 19:02:00 |
1-Mark Webber, 2-Jenson Button, 3-Sebastian Vettel, 4-Fernando Alonso, 5-Lewis Hamilton, 6-Nico Rosberg, 7-Michael Schumacher, 8-Felipe Massa, 9-Kamui Kobayashi, 10-Adrian Sutil.
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Singapore GP: Free practice 1 result |
2011-09-23 18:36:00 |
1-Lewis Hamilton, 2-Sebastian Vettel, 3-Mark Webber, 4-Fernando Alonso, 5-Jenson Button, 6-Felipe Massa, 7-Adrian Sutil, 8-Michael Schumacher, 9-Paul Di Resta, 10-Nico Rosberg.
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FIA Thursday press conference - Singapore |
2011-09-22 23:46:00 |
| Drivers - Sebastien Buemi (Toro Rosso), Timo Glock (Virgin), Sergio Perez (Sauber), Daniel Ricciardo (HRT), Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) and Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull).
Q: Timo, this is probably a circuit that you quite like giving that you finished second here in 2009.
Timo Glock: Yeah, definitely. It is one of the best
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Liuzzi handed five-place grid penalty for Singapore |
2011-09-12 00:33:00 |
| HRT's Vitantonio Liuzzi has been penalised by the Italian race stewards following his accident at the start of Sunday's Monza race. Liuzzi receives a five-place grid penalty for the next round in Singapore.
He lost control of his car going into Turn One, before sliding on the grass and back on to the track at the chicane. Nico Rosberg's Mercedes, Vitaly Petrov's Renault and Liuzzi's own HRT all had to retire on the spot. After a post-race investigation, the stewards decided the Italian driver was at fault for the accident.
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Final practice - Vettel heads Red Bull one-two |
2011-09-10 19:18:00 |
| Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber maintained the upper hand for Red Bull in the final practice session here in Monza this morning, the German acing his team mate by 0.364s with a lap of 1m 23.170s compared to the Australian's 1m 23.534s.
Behind them the barrel was still close, with Felipe Massa bouncing his Ferrari up to third with 1m 23.668s, just ahead of Lewis Hamilton on 1m 23.741s for McLaren. Jenson Button was right behind him on 1m 23.787s, with Nico Rosberg sixth on 1m 23.875s
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Qualifying - Vettel beats Hamilton to Spa pole |
2011-08-27 22:23:00 |
| A dramatic Q3 qualifying session saw Sebastian Vettel snatch pole position from Lewis Hamilton in the dying moments, as the Red Bull driver improved Hamilton's pacesetting time for McLaren of 1m 48.730s to 1m 48.298s. Mark Webber made it a strong day for the Milton Keynes team with 1m 49.376s for third place.
Felipe Massa sprung a surprise by qualifying his Ferrari fourth on 1m 50.256s, but team mate Fernando Alonso could only manage eighth on 1m 51.251s. That left the Spaniard behind fifth fastest Nico Rosberg on 1m 50.552s, splendidly on-form Jaime Alguersuari who took his best-ever qualifying slot of sixth in the Toro Rosso on 1m 50.773s, and surprise of the meeting Bruno Senna who put his Renault seventh with 1m 51.121s.
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Practice One - Schumacher leads rain-hit Spa session |
2011-08-26 18:57:00 |
| Michael Schumacher celebrated the 20th anniversary of his Formula One debut by dominating the first practice session at Spa on Friday morning, with team mate Nico Rosberg backing him up less than half a second behind.
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Schumacher: You will see me in 2012 |
2011-08-16 18:56:00 |
| Mercedes' Michael Schumacher has rebuffed rumours that he is set to retire (again) at the end of the 2011 season. It follows recent speculation that the seven-time champion could be replaced for 2012 in light of his disappointing form since joining the German team last year.
Schumacher was overshadowed by younger team mate Nico Rosberg in 2010, and although he has closed the gap this season, Rosberg has still scored 50 percent more points thus far in 2011. Nevertheless, the 42-year-old insists he will be fulfilling his Mercedes contract next year
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Franz Tost Q&A: Drivers key to Toro Rosso success |
2011-08-15 20:07:00 |
| The recent Hungaroring weekend witnessed some memorable statistics: Jenson Button won on his 200th F1 start and Nico Rosberg made his 100th Grand Prix appearance. Less well publicised was the fact that Scuderia Toro Rosso also hit the tonne.
Team principal Franz Tost paints a very positive picture of those 100 races, even though Toro Rosso's purpose has shifted significantly over the last two years. From being an incubator for future Red Bull Racing drivers, they have transformed into a full-blown constructor, albeit still with a strong focus on breeding. The breeding has been good, as the Budapest result showed, with both Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari in the points
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'No one could win with my car' - Rosberg |
2011-08-09 17:17:57 |
| Nico Rosberg has admitted he is not thinking about winning races at the moment and will wait until "later this year or early next year" before he starts entertaining thoughts of taking to the top step of the podium
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Hitting the ton - Q&A with Mercedes' Nico Rosberg |
2011-07-29 04:02:00 |
| Notching up 100 Grand Prix starts - something Nico Rosberg will do this weekend - is an impressive achievement. One gets the impression, however, that for Rosberg any number of starts will be pretty meaningless until he translates one of them into victory. Could it happen at the Hungaroring on Sunday? Unlikely perhaps. But the German and his team are already targeting bigger and better things for 2012
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100 Grands Prix and counting - the V8 centenary |
2011-07-27 18:20:00 |
| This weekend's Hungaroring round, the Formula 1 Eni Magyar Nagydij 2011, will be a race of anniversaries, including 100 Grands Prix for Mercedes' Nico Rosberg and 200 for (Mercedes-powered) McLaren driver Jenson Button.
But it will also mark a technological milestone for the sport, as the 2.4 litre V8 engine competes in its 100th race. Courtesy of Mercedes, here's a summary of what the engine has achieved since its very first appearance in Bahrain back in 2006
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Paddock Postcard from the Nurburgring |
2011-07-24 19:17:00 |
| With the German Grand Prix alternating between the Nurburgring and Hockenheim, it's been almost two years since the paddock last visited the Eifel mountains and everyone has been making the most of the change of scene.
As ever, the Nurburging's old Nordschleife layout provided an excellent backdrop to pre-race activities. One of the standout moments was Nico Rosberg piloting Juan Manuel Fangio's 1954 Mercedes around the legendary track. Fangio took victory in the '54 German Grand Prix at the wheel of his W196, with a winning time of just over 3 hours 45 minutes.
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Six appeal - German drivers out to win over home crowd |
2011-07-22 17:52:00 |
| For drivers, a visit to a home race pushes the Formula One whirlwind into overdrive, with local media and fans vying for a slice of their time. For some, like Mark Webber at March's Australian Grand Prix, the pressure - and on the flipside the boost of a home crowd - rests on just their shoulders. Others have to share the load (and split the support) with their fellow countrymen on the grid. Spare a thought then for the sport's German contingent - Sebastian Vettel, Nico Rosberg, Nick Heidfeld, Michael Schumacher, Adrian Sutil and Timo Glock - ahead of this weekend's Nurburgring race. Making up a quarter of the grid, all six will have their work cut out as they strive to impress their local supporters. We take a look at how they may fare
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Nico Rosberg Q&A - following in Fangio's footsteps |
2011-07-22 03:28:00 |
| As their home race, the Nurburgring has a special aura for Mercedes and Nico Rosberg. And while it may not turn out to be the weekend when they win their first Grand Prix together, it's already been a special one after Rosberg got behind the wheel of Juan Manuel Fangio's 1954 W196 on Thursday
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FIA Thursday press conference - Germany |
2011-07-22 01:25:00 |
| Drivers: Timo Glock (Virgin), Nick Heidfeld (Renault), Nico Rosberg (Mercedes), Michael Schumacher (Mercedes), Adrian Sutil (Force India) and Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull).
Q: Timo, earlier on this year you called for some sort of change of direction with the Marussia Virgin Racing team. Are you happy with recent developments?
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Germany preview quotes - Lotus, Pirelli, HRT & more |
2011-07-21 17:57:00 |
| Hot on the heels of one legendary track - Silverstone - comes another, and this time it is the turn of the tight and challenging Nurburgring circuit to welcome the Formula One paddock. As the 'home' race for world champion Sebastian Vettel, Michael Schumacher, Nico Rosberg, Nick Heidfeld, Timo Glock and Adrian Sutil, the event has special significance for many on the grid. Here the drivers and senior team personnel explain why they can't wait to head for the Eifel mountains
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Germany preview - home heroes out to halt Ferrari |
2011-07-21 17:08:00 |
| A whole slew of intermixing factors will ensure that this weekend's German round, the Formula 1 Grosser Preis Santander von Deutschland 2011, will be a gripping affair as the race returns to the Nurburgring.
It's Sebastian Vettel's home race. And Michael Schumacher's. And Mercedes'. And Nico Rosberg's, Nick Heidfeld's, Adrian Sutil's and Timo Glock's, so 25 per cent of the drivers will be desperate to please their home fans
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FIA press conference schedule - Germany |
2011-07-21 17:06:00 |
| All six of the grid's German drivers face the media on Thursday before team and technical bigwigs, including Cosworth's Mark Gallagher and Renault's James Allison answer questions on Friday. The line-up in full
Thursday, July 21, 1500 hours local time (1300 GMT)
Timo Glock (Virgin), Nick Heidfeld (Renault), Nico Rosberg (Mercedes), Michael Schumacher (Mercedes), Adrian Sutil (Force India) and Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull).
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Germany preview quotes - Pirelli, HRT, Force India & more |
2011-07-19 16:57:00 |
| Hot on the heels of one legendary track - Silverstone - comes another, and this time it is the turn of the tight and challenging Nurburgring circuit to welcome the Formula One paddock. As the 'home' race for world champion Sebastian Vettel, Michael Schumacher, Nico Rosberg, Nick Heidfeld, Timo Glock and Adrian Sutil, the event has special significance for many on the grid. Here the drivers and senior team personnel explain why they can't wait to head for the Eifel mountains
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Germany preview quotes - Force India, Williams Virgin & more |
2011-07-19 00:57:00 |
| Hot on the heels of one legendary track - Silverstone - comes another, and this time it is the turn of the tight and challenging Nurburgring circuit to welcome the Formula One paddock. As the 'home' race for world champion Sebastian Vettel, Michael Schumacher, Nico Rosberg, Nick Heidfeld, Timo Glock and Adrian Sutil, the event has special significance for many on the grid. Here the drivers and senior team personnel explain why they can't wait to head for the Eifel mountains
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Germany preview quotes - Virgin, Red Bull, McLaren & more |
2011-07-18 17:37:00 |
| Hot on the heels of one legendary track - Silverstone - comes another, and this time it is the turn of the tight and challenging Nurburgring circuit to welcome the Formula One paddock. As the 'home' race for world champion Sebastian Vettel, Michael Schumacher, Nico Rosberg, Nick Heidfeld, Timo Glock and Adrian Sutil, the event has special significance for many on the grid. Here the drivers and senior team personnel explain why they can't wait to head for the Eifel mountains
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Germany preview quotes - McLaren, Renault, Sauber & Mercedes |
2011-07-16 00:37:00 |
| Hot on the heels of one legendary track - Silverstone - comes another, and this time it is the turn of the tight and challenging Nurburgring circuit to welcome the Formula One paddock. As the 'home' race for world champion Sebastian Vettel, Michael Schumacher, Nico Rosberg, Nick Heidfeld, Timo Glock and Adrian Sutil, the event has special significance for many on the grid. Here the drivers and senior team personnel explain why they can't wait to head for the Eifel mountains
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Germany preview quotes - Sauber & Mercedes on the Nurburgring |
2011-07-15 19:37:00 |
| Hot on the heels of one legendary track - Silverstone - comes another, and this time it is the turn of the tight and challenging Nurburgring circuit to welcome the Formula One paddock. As the 'home' race for world champion Sebastian Vettel, Michael Schumacher, Nico Rosberg, Nick Heidfeld, Timo Glock and Adrian Sutil, the event has special significance for many on the grid. Here the drivers and senior team personnel explain why they can't wait to head for the Eifel mountains
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Rosberg to tackle Nordschleife in Fangio's 1954 Mercedes |
2011-07-15 19:10:00 |
| At Silverstone it was Ferrari's Fernando Alonso who got to sample historic F1 machinery, when he demonstrated the 375 F1 which Jose Froilan Gonzalez drove to the team's first championship victory in the 1951 British Grand Prix. Next weekend in Germany it will be the turn of Mercedes' Nico Rosberg
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Rosberg cautious over wet pace |
2011-07-09 02:10:19 |
| Nico Rosberg said he was not reading too much in to the pace of the Mercedes after he and Michael Schumacher set the second fastest time in each practice session for the British Grand Prix.
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Practice Two - Massa masters changing conditions |
2011-07-08 22:57:00 |
| Yet another inconclusive practice session has kept observers guessing on the true effect of the ban on off-throttle blown diffusers, as the weather remained changeable at Silverstone on Friday afternoon.
A raft of fast laps right at the end of a session in which nobody ventured out for the first half, saw Felipe Massa bang in the best lap for Ferrari in 1m 49.967s, beating Nico Rosberg's 1m 50.744s for Mercedes by 0.777s.
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Nico Rosberg Q&A: We must be patient |
2011-07-08 05:03:00 |
| There's no doubt that Mercedes is a team under pressure at the moment. And for driver Nico Rosberg, who is still chasing his first Formula One victory after over five years in the sport, it must be a frustrating time. But with so many talented people working under one roof, Rosberg - and plenty of outsiders - believe success is just around the corner
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Hold on to your hats, it's high-speed Silverstone |
2011-07-06 19:46:00 |
| Silverstone's layout has changed many times, but in its 61 years on the calendar, one thing has remained constant: speed. By the mid '80s, it was Formula One's fastest track; indeed, Keke Rosberg's '85 pole lap boasted the highest average lap speed in F1 - 259 km/h - until 2002.
And though the old circuit was lengthened for 2010, it retained its essential character, and even gained another flat-out sweeper, now Turn One
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Vettel wins European GP |
2011-06-26 20:45:00 |
Result: 1-Sebastian Vettel, 2-Fernando Alonso, 3-Mark Webber, 4-Lewis Hamilton, 5-Felipe Massa, 6-Jenson Button, 7-Nico Rosberg, 8-Jaime Alguersuari, 9-Adrian Sutil, 10-Nick Heidfeld.
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Q&A with Mercedes' Nico Rosberg |
2011-06-25 01:48:00 |
| Lately Mercedes boss Ross Brawn has asked for faith from Nico Rosberg - faith that the team will get their game together, enabling Rosberg to finally deliver his first Grand Prix victory. On Friday morning in Valencia it didn't look as though that's likely to happen this weekend. But as we saw in Montreal, a driver can be last and still win the race, so nowadays anything is possible in F1 - and that is why the fans love this season. Hopefully the young German will soon have reason to love it too
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Final practice - Vettel takes control in Canada |
2011-06-12 00:34:00 |
| Mercedes' Nico Rosberg and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso at one stage shared the fastest time of 1m 13.919s in Saturday morning's final practice session at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on Montreal's Ile Notre Dame. But, as it so often has been this season, it was Sebastian Vettel in the Red Bull who had the last laugh
The reigning world champion clipped down to 1m 13.381s to end the hour-long session 0.320s ahead of Alonso, who had improved his time to 1m 13.701s. Rosberg remained third after failing to go faster, while Felipe Massa's strong weekend form for Ferrari continued with 1m 13.956s
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Alonso quickest in disjointed session |
2011-06-11 06:10:03 |
| Nico Rosberg clocked the fastest time during first practice for the Canadian Grand Prix on Friday, in a session that saw Sebastian Vettel add his name to the illustrious list of drivers to crash at Montreal's 'Wall of Champions'
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Nico Rosberg Q&A: Mercedes still too hard on tyres |
2011-06-11 01:53:00 |
| Once you have identified the cause of a problem, usually a solution is near. At least that is what Nico Rosberg hopes. The heavy rear tyre degradation his Mercedes has been causing in races has been the main issue behind his poor 2011 results so far. But the team have been working flat out to eliminate the MGP W02's shortcomings - and hopefully it will show this weekend. Rosberg dominated Friday's opening session in Montreal, but speaking afterwards the German remained very much aware that striking the right balance between practice and race pace is where the true challenge lies
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Practice One - Mercedes lead, Vettel crashes out |
2011-06-11 01:13:00 |
| Nico Rosberg proved correct Jenson Button's pre-event prediction that Mercedes would be very strong here in Montreal, by dominating Friday morning's opening practice session for Sunday's Canadian round.
Button suggested that Mercedes gain up to 20 km/h from their DRS rear wing, whereas most others gain only 12 km/h. Rosberg took control of the session in the final third of the 90 minutes, lapping in 1m 16.002s to depose pacesetter Fernando Alonso's Ferrari, then improved that to 1m 15.591s.
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Rosberg fastest as Vettel crashes |
2011-06-11 01:04:40 |
| Nico Rosberg clocked the fastest time during first practice for the Canadian Grand Prix on Friday, in a session that saw Sebastian Vettel add his name to the illustrious list of drivers to crash at Montreal's 'Wall of Champions'
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Rosberg honoured with Bandini Trophy |
2011-06-06 18:55:00 |
| Nico Rosberg journeyed to Italy on Sunday to receive the Lorenzo Bandini Trophy in recognition of his outstanding performances last year with Mercedes. The award is given annually by the village of Brisighella near Bologna, in memory of local driver Bandini, who was killed at the 1967 Monaco Grand Prix.
During his first season with the German team, Rosberg secured three podiums en route to seventh place in the 2010 drivers' standings, scoring almost twice as many points as team mate and seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher
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Nico Rosberg Q&A: I'm quick enough to improve in the race |
2011-05-29 04:52:00 |
| Monaco is one of the most challenging stops on the Formula One calendar and on Saturday it was Mercedes' Nico Rosberg and Sauber's Sergio Perez who paid the price for the circuit's demands. In the case of Rosberg, who crashed in final practice, only the car suffered and so, with some swift work from the Mercedes mechanics, the young German was able to take part in qualifying
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Qualifying - Vettel on pole in Monaco after Perez shunt |
2011-05-28 22:56:00 |
| Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel was in the right place at the right time in a dramatic final qualifying session in Monaco on Saturday afternoon, to take his fifth pole of the season.
Just after the world champion had gone fastest, the session was red flagged with 2m 26s remaining when Sergio Perez, who had done a great job to run ninth in Q2, lost his Sauber over the bumps exiting the tunnel. Perez was wider off line than Mercedes' Nico Rosberg had been in the morning, but thereafter his accident followed the trend of the German's as he crashed first into the right-hand barriers. That crushed the right-hand side of the C30, which then ran down the road and broadsided, on the right-hand side again, into the same chicane wall that Sauber driver Karl Wendlinger had struck back in 1994.
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Final practice - Alonso tops disjointed Monaco session |
2011-05-28 19:27:00 |
| Fernando Alonso again set the pace on Saturday morning in a final Monaco practice session book-ended by heavy accidents. It was only minutes old when Nico Rosberg lost control of his Mercedes over the bumps exiting the tunnel and slammed right into the barriers.
At the end, Tonio Liuzzi's HRT got away from him and its left rear wheel clobbered the tyre wall at Ste Devote before the wreckage slithered up the hill towards Massenet
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Nico Rosberg Q&A: Super softs working better than expected |
2011-05-27 01:48:00 |
| Though he played it down, Nico Rosberg was a full second quicker than Mercedes team mate Michael Schumacher in Thursday's second Monaco practice. That gap may not be representative, but what is clear is that Rosberg is pretty happy with the way his weekend has started, Pirelli's new super-soft tyres included
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