Rosberg betrayed by his brakes at the Bahrain GP

Nico Rosberg had high hopes of resisting Kimi Räikkönen at the Bahrain GP but a brake problem condemned him to the last step of the podium.

Published on 19/04/2015 à 20:52

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Rosberg betrayed by his brakes at the Bahrain GP

Nico Rosberg only took 3rd place at the Bahrain GP behind Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Raikkonen. After a bad start dropping him to 4th place behind the two Ferrari, the German worked to regain the advantage over the SF15-Ts of Sebastian Vettel and Finnish.

The pilot Mercedes defended his 2nd place at the end of the race against Kimi Räikkönen who found the opening two laps from the finish at the first corner following a straight shot from the German. “The pedal pressed in without any resistance”, explains Nico Rosberg who is 27 points behind his teammate at the top of the Championship. “I could have kept Kimi behind me because his tires were very damaged. »

Discover the analysis of the Bahrain GP carried out by our special correspondents in issue 2008 of AUTOhebdo, available from Monday evening in digital version on all platforms, and from Wednesday on newsstands.

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