Rosberg 'not fast enough' to match Hamilton

Nico Rosberg seemed dejected by the domination of his teammate Lewis Hamilton in qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix. The winner of the Belgian Grand Prix failed almost half a second from the pole of the triple world champion at Monza and found no arguments to explain this gap other than a better performance from the Briton.

“The explanation for the delay is that Lewis simply did a very good lap and I was not fast enough, admitted the German at a press conference. I've had some good laps and I've had a good start to the weekend so far, but I haven't been able to progress at this pace. I didn't have any problems. The problem is that he did his best qualifying in a long time. »

Nico Rosberg's chances against Lewis Hamilton are further weakened by the fact that they will carry out the first stint with the same set of tires, the drivers Mercedes having qualified for Q3 with soft tires unlike their direct opponents who chose super soft tires. Furthermore, the drivers could only make one pass through the pits, the tires holding up well on the Monza track.

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