Nico Rosberg says Mercedes GP need to do much better in European Grand Prix – Formula 1 news
Mercedes GP driver Nico Rosberg has said that his team needs to do much better in the European Grand Prix taking place on Sunday, June 26, 2011 at the Valencia Street Circuit.
He also mentioned that the Petronas-sponsored team must be confident about their driver Michael Schumacher that he can perform strongly on the grid in the Valencia race after a fourth place finish in the recent Canadian Grand Prix.
The seven-time world champion delivered his best performance in the Montreal race, where he scored some decent points for the team and ended up at the fourth place.
After a successful performance by Schumacher, the team is expecting him to challenge for the podiums actively in the remainder of 2011 Formula 1 season.
The team took part in the morning practice session of European Grand Prix on Friday at the Valencia Street Circuit. Mercedes drivers, Nico Rosberg and Schumacher finished their practice run at the 9th and 11th places respectively.
After the Friday free practice session 1, Rosberg admitted that his MGP-W02 was still not competitive as compared to other cars on the grid.
The German added, “I wanted to get up-to-date with developments and how the near future is doing - how much progress we expect to have. I also wanted to catch up with the engineers, review Montreal and things like that.”
He went on to mention, “I also spoke to Ross and the feeling was positive, for sure. It is still as always that this team will have success. It is just a matter of time, although it is hard to say when. Obviously we are not where we want to be. The car in
general is not there yet, where it needs to be to win races.”
After having a successful race weekend in Canada, Schumacher is hoping for another positive grand prix in Valencia.
The team has done a lot of work on their car for making it faster for the Valencia race weekend. Let’s see how they fare.
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