Nico Rosberg unhappy with his car

Yesterday in qualifying, Nico Rosberg dominated his teammate without any possible dispute at Mercedes Lewis Hamilton. But today on the wet Suzuka track, the German suffered, complaining in particular about the balance of his car, especially after switching to intermediate tires at the start of the race.

“I certainly wasn't happy with the balance of the car, but I think we had pretty much the same set-up, so Lewis must have had the same oversteer. I wasn't happy with this and tried to find a way to reduce this and found some improvements. Then during the pit stop, we touched up the front wing a little, and it was a little better, but still not perfect. Overall, Lewis just did a better job today and deserves to win. OK, second place helps limit the damage and all things considered, it was very, very difficult conditions on this track. I lost seven points to Lewis... But you know, there are worse things than that. » indicates Rosberg, referring to to the serious accident of Jules Bianchi.

The German is ten points behind Hamilton after this Japanese Grand Prix.

Find the report of the Japanese Grand Prix, produced by our special correspondents on site in Suzuka, in issue 1981 of AUTOhebdo, available from tomorrow evening in digital version, and from next Wednesday on newsstands.