Nico Rosberg claims no one can win with his Mercedes GP car – Formula 1 news
Mercedes GP driver Nico Rosberg has said that no one can win with the Mercedes GP car he is currently driving.
The team has not secured a single podium this year and once again, both Rosberg and Michael Schumacher are not looking so good as they are driving for a ‘mid-running’ team rather than a top-running team.
“No one could win with my car. There are three teams - Red Bull, Ferrari and McLaren - who are ahead of the others. I need to wait to get a better car. Later this year or early next year I will start to think about winning. With this car, to me seventh place
is like winning,” Rosberg told the media.
One has to admit that it is getting quite frustrating for the team now as they have tried to become a top running team for two consecutive years now but have failed massively.
They are currently competing against Lotus Renault GP for the 4th place in the constructors’ standings once again similar to their 2010 run which is not what they wanted this year. Either way, the team is still optimistic about its future and
they claim that they will keep trying until they get the pace of a top-running team.
The team has given up its hopes regarding this year though and they claim that they have already started to work on their 2012 Formula 1 car.
“Everything. In general it's the aerodynamics, mechanically in terms of reducing weight. The engine is fine, but the blown exhaust system, which is a very important part of the aerodynamics now, can be improved a lot. We're working on it,” he added.
Rosberg is currently in 7th place in the drivers’ standings and he is once again outperforming his teammate Michael Schumacher which is quite impressive. It proves that he has the capability of scoring great results provided that he is given a
good and reliable car.
The 2012 Formula 1 season should be the ‘breakthrough’ the team is hoping for but since anything can happen in Formula 1, we should expect pretty much everything.
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