Rosberg: “I wasn’t going to leave room”

After the collision with Lewis Hamilton on the first lap in Spain, Nico Rosberg clarified that he had not intended to let his teammate pass.

Published on 15/05/2016 à 20:49

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On the evening of this Spanish Grand Prix, Nico Rosberg is still well ahead of the World Championship F1. But the German pilot of Mercedes experienced his first blank result of the year, after being forced to retire after getting into a collision with his teammate Lewis Hamilton.

Better off than the Briton, Rosberg however lost ground at the exit of turn 3, following a poor engine mode selection “I saw Lewis getting closer, so I closed the line to the right and closed the door as soon as possible very clearly to show him that I was not going to leave room and I was very surprised that he went in this interval. »

The driver of the No. 07 W6 Hybrid wanted to apologize to his team. “I'm disgusted, not just for me but for the whole team, it's the worst feeling as a driver. » concluded the vice-world champion.

Find the report and analysis of the Spanish Grand Prix, produced by our special correspondents in Barcelona, in AUTO issue 2063hebdo, available tomorrow evening in digital version, and from this Wednesday on newsstands.