Mercedes GP driver Michael Schumacher terms teammate Nico Rosberg qualifying ace – Formula 1 news
Mercedes GP driver Michael Schumacher has recently admitted that Nico Rosberg is a qualifying ace.
Rosberg has been defeating Schumacher at qualifying on almost regular basis as a result of which the seven-time world champion is being criticised a lot since both of the drivers have the same car and Schumacher does not have any sort of excuse regarding
this matter.
“You're right, it looks at me in the race usually looks better than in qualifying. There are many reasons that would be very complicated to explain, here and there had also been technical problems sometimes. But Nico is really one of the best qualifier
in the field, his performance here is impressive,” he told the media.
Mercedes GP were expected to become a top running team of the sport this year since it scored some pretty impressive results during the pre-season test sessions of the 2011 Formula 1 season.
However, the 2011 Formula 1 season has turned out to be yet another disaster for the team as they are once again a mid-running team of the sport and are still the ‘best of rest.’ This is not what the team wants at all and Schumacher claims that they will
improve their performance next year and probably step up the game.
Either way, the former world champion would also have to improve his own performance to give the team better results as he himself is quite disappointed with himself especially his qualifying performance.
“Well, of course I'm disappointed if my qualifying performance is not up to my expectations. But this is just a snapshot. It does not change the fact that I am not deterred by setbacks and failures and don't stop them from continuing to work towards our
goal,” he said.
He added that he still believes that Mercedes GP still has the capability to become a race winning, championship challenging team in the sport despite its failures since the past 2 years in the sport. He said they have very talented people along their side
who have the capability of pulling some miracles off.
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