Michael Schumacher \u2013 11th:<\/b><\/p>\n
Unfortunately, we have to say that we suffered from bad luck again today. Because of a puncture, I had to make another pit stop very late in the race, which cost me a position in the points. Of course, that’s part of the game and there’s nothing you can do about it, but it was really a shame since we had a reasonable pace and could have scored some points. Towards the end of the race, I was hoping to close the gap to the Top 10, and we were making good progress, but it didn’t work out.<\/p>\n
Nico Rosberg \u2013 Retirement [Accident]:<\/b><\/p>\n
\u00ab My car seemed competitive today, so it’s really a shame not to finish the race and score some points. Unfortunately, this opportunity vanished after the first lap incident with Romain [Grosjean], after which I had to pit to change the nose. And then there was the accident that caused my retirement. Narain [Karthikeyan, whom I collided with] told me that his steering broke and he needed to brake, which I did not expect in this high-speed corner [Turn 16, flat out and blind]. I didn’t have time to react, and I am very relieved that we are both okay. I went to the medical center for routine checks, but everything is fine. I will look forward now and hope to have two better races to finish the season. \u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The races for the two Mercedes were not easy: after a first-lap contact with Romain Grosjean, Nico Rosberg saw his race end in an accident where he collided with Narain Karthikeyan’s HRT, which was already moving slowly due to damage; for Michael Schumacher, a puncture caused by debris prevented him from scoring points. The German team now sees Sauber closing in to 12 points in the battle for 5th place in the constructors’ standings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":41257,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1749],"tags":[92,964,1726],"class_list":["post-18213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1","category-news","tag-bilan","tag-mercedes-amg-f1","tag-yas-marina-island"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n