Rosberg, the other winner of the Canadian GP

The Canadian Grand Prix ended the invincibility of Mercedes, after the first six races won by the W05, with the first victory of Daniel Ricciardo. While Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton were fighting for first place, the two drivers from the Brackley team suffered from a failure of the kinetic engine generator (MGU-K) thus limiting power and causing significant braking problems. But if the German bowed to the Red Bull of the Australian, the 2008 world champion retired following a broken brake caliper.

Nico Rosberg's second place therefore allows the Mercedes driver to be in the Championship with a lead of 22 points over his teammate. “Losing the ERS meant we could no longer recover energy. This forced the rear brakes to work harder and that's why they overheated.", explained the last winner of the Monaco GP in the paddock of the Gilles Villeneuve circuit. “The race became very complicated because I had to cool the brakes and I lost speed on the straights. But I was able to keep the advantage until two laps from the finish and the result remains very good. I tried to resist by doing the qualifying rounds but it wasn't enough against Daniel. »

Find the analysis of the Canadian Grand Prix carried out by our special correspondents in the 1964 issue of AUTOhebdo, available tomorrow evening in digital version on all platforms and on newsstands from next Wednesday.