Saturday: Rosberg satisfied, Hamilton less so at Mercedes

Nico Rosberg – 3rd and 2nd:

We have had a very good weekend so far and we have been able to improve the car session after session with great work from my engineers and mechanics so a big thank you to them. I was so close to beating Sebastian for pole tonight but I am still really happy with this second place. It’s so important to start at the front here so we are in a very good position for the race. Our race pace was good on Friday so I feel confident for tomorrow night. I doubt we have enough performance to beat Sebastian but I will do my best to get a good start and then we’ll see what happens.

Lewis Hamilton – 5th and 5th:

The qualifications didn’t go very well for me tonight. I did my best on track but didn’t have great feelings in the car and wasn’t fast enough in the end. Clearly, the car was faster than what I was able to extract from it tonight, so obviously it’s frustrating not to have qualified closer to the front like Nico did. So, not a good day for me but that’s life. We will turn today’s negatives into positives overnight and I will attack hard in the race tomorrow. There are still drivers ahead of me that I can beat and our goal will be to be on the podium, it will be magnificent.