Mercedes had calculated much up for the qualifying Montreal. With the places you could keep not quite the expectations of five and nine for Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher. For both, not smoothly ran Saturday.
Long straight, tight chicanes, moderate temperatures - the line in Canada seems tailored the Mercedes as on the body. But at the end, the silver arrow pilots not quite the fans could meet the hopes of the fans. Of the places five and nine waiting plenty work Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher in the race.
The Miesere already in the third training began for Rosberg. A failure in a fuel pipe forced the Shanghai winner already after a few metres to the task. Rosberg had to watch the rest of the session out of the garage. Not ideal preparation for the qualifying. Since the conditions facing Friday much had changed, a few rounds of training would have been certainly helpful.
"I don't know how much has identified that," Rosberg analyzed later. "I have used something at the start of qualifying, until I was on pace." "At the end I felt but comfortable." With # 5, the Wahlmonegasse could successfully run damage control. "We had anticipated from some more us." But I think we are well placed for the race. With the victory, it will be certainly difficult. "But our objective must be the podium."
For team-mate Michael Schumacher the champagne shower out of range should be. A race of chaos like last year is not in sight. Also on the Sunday of the race, it should remain dry. Out of room nine it comes to fill up the points finally. After much technology bad luck this year, still have two measly points for the record champion are the statistics.
And also in Montreal was lucky enough not to Schumis page again. Suddenly, as he wanted to start his last attempt, the German came in time pressure. "In the second sector I have the radio message received, that it would be probably scarce." "I gave everything then, but it has not quite been enough." Too late the silver arrow crossed the finish line four hundredths.
"I have not seen yet the red lights." "Suddenly I the greeting received via radio, that it has not been enough and I will come back to the pits." According to Schumacher's place would have been without the Malheur four possible. But how could there be the error?
Team boss Ross Brawn was looking for explanations. "We drove only a fast lap at the beginning of the training." At the end, we then switched tactics and have inserted an extra warm-up lap, still. The time was just then suddenly in Q3 with the traffic, and refuel. Also communicate with Michael was not ideal. "That I feel sorry for him."
But even without the error, it would have enough position not for the poles. Where, exactly, the silver arrow has lost time, even could not tell Ross Brawn. "Because we need to analyze only the data." The true balance of power will show but probably only in the race. "With more fuel on board, we hope to be something closer off."
Long straight, tight chicanes, moderate temperatures - the line in Canada seems tailored the Mercedes as on the body. But at the end, the silver arrow pilots not quite the fans could meet the hopes of the fans. Of the places five and nine waiting plenty work Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher in the race.
The Miesere already in the third training began for Rosberg. A failure in a fuel pipe forced the Shanghai winner already after a few metres to the task. Rosberg had to watch the rest of the session out of the garage. Not ideal preparation for the qualifying. Since the conditions facing Friday much had changed, a few rounds of training would have been certainly helpful.
"I don't know how much has identified that," Rosberg analyzed later. "I have used something at the start of qualifying, until I was on pace." "At the end I felt but comfortable." With # 5, the Wahlmonegasse could successfully run damage control. "We had anticipated from some more us." But I think we are well placed for the race. With the victory, it will be certainly difficult. "But our objective must be the podium."
For team-mate Michael Schumacher the champagne shower out of range should be. A race of chaos like last year is not in sight. Also on the Sunday of the race, it should remain dry. Out of room nine it comes to fill up the points finally. After much technology bad luck this year, still have two measly points for the record champion are the statistics.
And also in Montreal was lucky enough not to Schumis page again. Suddenly, as he wanted to start his last attempt, the German came in time pressure. "In the second sector I have the radio message received, that it would be probably scarce." "I gave everything then, but it has not quite been enough." Too late the silver arrow crossed the finish line four hundredths.
"I have not seen yet the red lights." "Suddenly I the greeting received via radio, that it has not been enough and I will come back to the pits." According to Schumacher's place would have been without the Malheur four possible. But how could there be the error?
Team boss Ross Brawn was looking for explanations. "We drove only a fast lap at the beginning of the training." At the end, we then switched tactics and have inserted an extra warm-up lap, still. The time was just then suddenly in Q3 with the traffic, and refuel. Also communicate with Michael was not ideal. "That I feel sorry for him."
But even without the error, it would have enough position not for the poles. Where, exactly, the silver arrow has lost time, even could not tell Ross Brawn. "Because we need to analyze only the data." The true balance of power will show but probably only in the race. "With more fuel on board, we hope to be something closer off."
