An elated Nico Rosberg said he was surprised to be so quick in the
Chinese Grand Prix after taking his maiden Formula 1 win on Sunday.
The
German driver secured his F1 first pole position on Saturday, but was
widely expected to struggle to keep the pace in the race following
problems suffered by Mercedes in the first two grands prix with its
tyres.
The problems vanished in China, however, and Rosberg led
commandingly from start to finish to take his maiden win at the 111th
attempt.
Rosberg, who took the first F1 world championship race
win for Mercedes as a constructor since 1955, admitted he was surprised
by his own pace in the race.
"[It is an] unbelievable feeling. [I
am] very cool, very happy and very excited," said Rosberg. "It's been a
long time coming for me and the team.
"We didn't expect to be that fast today. We knew we had good chance to be in the? front but we didn't expect to be that fast.
"Thanks
to whole team for working very hard also, and for improving the set-up.
I was struggling in first two races with race pace but here it came
good."
Rosberg, who took the chequered flag over 20 seconds ahead
of Jenson Button, labelled his weekend as "perfect" after failing to
score in the first two races of the season.
"It is fantastic," added Rosberg, Formula 1's first new winner since the 2009 season. "It's been the perfect weekend.
"Everything
couldn't be better. I'm very happy. It was a great race and it's
impressive to see how we have progressed so quickly. We had struggled
in the first two races, but we made some changes and it has all come
good. I am happy for all of us and I was looking forward to seeing how
we get on."
Rosberg's team-mate Michael Schumacher retired from the race on lap 15.
15 de abr. de 2012
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