A detailed look at Nico Rosberg’s performance in 2012 Formula 1 season so far
Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg has been considered as one of the most talented drivers’ in the field and has proved out to be quite dependable for his team.
Rosberg has been one of the most consistent point scorers in the season so far and is standing at 6th position in the drivers’ championship with 77 points. Moreover, he is behind Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus and is just a point ahead of Jenson Button
of McLaren.
Even though, he couldn’t score even a single point in the first two grands prix. However, he came back extremely well in the third race and took an impressive victory after claiming his first ever pole position.
Later, he came fifth in the Bahrain GP after setting off from the same grid position. Afterwards, he struggled a little bit with the pace of his car in the Spanish GP as he could only secure 7th place finish after taking a start from the 6th
grid slot.
Later on, he performed tremendously well in the Monaco GP and secured an inspiring second podium finish. Then, he came 6th in the Canadian and European grands prix. Conversely, he faced problems in the British GP and could not pocket even a single
point as he came 15th after starting from 11th place in the grid.
Furthermore, he faced huge issues in the qualifying of the German GP in which he failed to make his way into the second session. Nevertheless, he performed remarkable well in the race and came 10th in the race.
Over and above, he again faced some problems in the Hungarian GP as he couldn’t qualify for the final session and later secured only one point in the race as he came 10th in the race.
Although, he is struggling to find his true potential at the moment, nevertheless, he is trying his best to come up stronger in the forthcoming races after the ongoing summer break.
Let’s see how the veteran German driver performs in the remaining nine races of the current season after the mid-season smash.
Grand Prix
Date
Team
Grid
Race Position
Points
Total
Australian
18 Mar 2012
Mercedes
7
12
0
0
Malaysian
25 Mar 2012
Mercedes
7
13
0
0
Chinese
15 Apr 2012
Mercedes
1
1
25
25
Bahrain
22 Apr 2012
Mercedes
5
5
10
35
Spanish
13 May 2012
Mercedes
6
7
6
41
Monaco
27 May 2012
Mercedes
2
2
18
59
Canadian
10 Jun 2012
Mercedes
5
6
8
67
European
24 Jun 2012
Mercedes
6
6
8
75
British
08 Jul 2012
Mercedes
11
15
0
75
German
22 Jul 2012
Mercedes
21
10
1
76
Hungarian
29 Jul 2012
Mercedes
13
10
1
77
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