17th April 2016 – 09:44
Nico Rosberg celebrates his sixth consecutive victory in Formula 1
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(Motorsport-Total.com) – The longest formula 1 season of all time (21 races) may be only three Grands Prix old, but Nico Rosberg is at least in purely statistical terms on the way to the world title. After winning the first three races of the season, or a total of six consecutive races , which has never managed a driver in the history of the premier class, the champion was not at some point! Donna Reed sign so for the Mercedes driver, who still hovers on the wave of success.
poleman Rosberg had indeed at the start can happen Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull), but from the third round he had a relaxing afternoon. Ricciardo slit located just at the moment at the wreckage left rear tire on as Rosberg just ansetzte for overtaking, and was lucky that the box was only a few seconds away driving. But Rosberg had thenceforth free ride -. And got all afternoon never in danger
The balance of his Silver Arrow was the best he has ever seen in his career, raved superior World Championship leader (36 points ahead of Lewis Hamilton) already on team radio. Before the ceremony he had to the second placed Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) can tease: “You can not sleep then yes, you are so well rested!” But Rosberg was probably the only rider in a chaotic race had a quiet day.
Behind him we went right to the point. This began with the collision between the Ferrari team-mate Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen at the first corner. Raikkonen was worn out, Vettel was inside through – but failed to see Daniil Kwjat (Red Bull), of the inner track would not let snatch itself. Vettel moved to the outside to avoid Kwjat, touch him Raikkonen – and pushed it slightly in the Red Bull into
Kwjats car remained undamaged, Raikkonen but had to pit, continue Vettel with a damaged front wing. , Already on the team radio scolded the German, his Red Bull successor was “suicidal” down and come “like a torpedo shot”; later they fought before the ceremony even a hitziges war of words . But expert Marc Surer takes young Russians in protection: “Kwjat is beautiful inside remained on his trail.”
In order for the crazy start phase was far from through. Further back shaved from Hamilton at the Sauber of Felipe Nasr front wing. Last year’s winner first moved the wing, and then during the safety car period of soft on Supersoft and back to Soft – a tactical trick to the Super Soft tires no longer have to later go where he already was already Last. then together with Raikkonen, he started his comeback.
The led Raikkonen in fifth and Hamilton to seventh place. The latter had in the closing stages of not only the “Iceman”, but also the great triumphant Ricciardo overhauled – a consequence of its injured in the first round cars: “I believe that aero parts were broken, and the suspension, because the car has bent like crazy and in the end there was nothing left in the tires there, but that’s racing “
Vettel comeback was even more spectacular than that of Hamilton -… and began with a stroke of genius in the pit lane entrance, where he rumbled Nico Hulkenberg (Force India) and Carlos Sainz (Toro Rosso). The FIA subsequently opened an investigation – but punished not Vettel for overtaking during a safety car period, but Hulkenberg because this was slowly move deliberately, so that the Force India Crew Sergio Perez could check in at rest
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Later, Vettel, who at the box front wing had made change, the next front wing damage as he walked past Valtteri Bottas (Williams) moved. “I did not even notice,” he later admitted on the podium. The lying around parts at the start and finish away a brave marshals under double-yellow, otherwise it probably would again have to be a safety car phase.
The maneuver of the day showed Hamilton against Bottas, but the overtaking counting, was simply impossible in some cases, completely chaotic and confusing Grand Prix. Only towards the middle of the race, the field slowly began to sort – so that even “system error” as a Pascal Wehrlein (Manor) on P4 or Perez were corrected on the podium. Perez were missing at the end of 8.1 seconds on the tenth placed Bottas.
As Vettel had overtaken on the finish thanks to the softer tires Kwjat, the top-3 positions were based. Behind Ricciardo won the battle for fourth place against Raikkonen, Felipe Massa (Williams) and Hamilton. Aft was Max Verstappen (Toro Rosso), thanks to tire advantage with his teammate Carlos Sainz made short work. And Bottas slipped in the final laps from fifth to tenth place from.
McLaren could not capitalize from the furious start phase and landed on the positions twelve and 13, and Romain Grosjean (Haas), the surprise man the first two races, played by collision with Marcus Ericsson (Sauber) in the first round no matter much. In the end he was 19th, but continued at least until the finish -. What he actually did not want to, if it is not his team would have prohibited the abandonment by radio
Hülkenberg came in 15th, Wehrlein than 18. the finish, comfortably ahead of his teammate Rio Haryanto (21). And Red Bull motorsport consultant Helmut Marko mourned the puncture of Ricciardo claimed: “We lost the second place, but we are very happy we were nearly on all types of tires on the tip off…” The 35 hp that come with the Montreal update from Renault should help.
But while everyone else worked up the many contentious situations of the race, can be winner Rosberg lean back “We are now celebrating in the garage, the team has really earned Then you go home to my family I can expect not hardly…!” he allowed the single (tiny) error on lap 51 of 56 when he ran off the racing line and had to grind together. But even that cost little more than a second
Why now even Mercedes boss Niki Lauda, the otherwise the reputation of Hamilton fans clinging, led to its effusive praise. “For me this is a world champion Davor .. I can only raise my cap Nico gets it right you can make it not better, “he adds and says:” he drives like a little god “! We continue with the formula 1 on 1 May with the fourth race of the season, the Grand Prix of Russia in Sochi
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