Nico Rosberg wary of Williams

Last year, the FW36 of Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas had achieved a superb performance in qualifying by taking the first row of the starting grid for the Austrian Grand Prix. The single-seaters of Whole grained then dropped back in the race, leaving both Mercedes de Lewis Hamilton and the winner Nico Rosberg climb to the first two places.

The German believes that Williams will be able to play a role again this weekend on the track. Red Bull Spielberg Ring. "I'm sure we'll have a tough clash here once again with Williams and probably a few others too. But it's a circuit where I really enjoy driving and the crowd is amazing, so I'm looking forward to getting back out there and having a good battle. »

History of repeating his performance from 2014, and forgetting a Canadian Grand Prix where the vice-world champion was unable to rise to the level of Lewis Hamilton. “Montreal was really lost for me on Saturday. Not being able to put everything together in qualifying greatly reduced my chances. But I had the pace and that's very positive to move forward and be in maximum attack mode in Austria. Of course, it's the home race for Niki (Lauda) and Toto (Wolff), so we will have to be in our best shape. »