
First race of the year, and Nico in the top 5, came fifth and fifth arrived in the last lap.
Nico's race highlight out was the fighting with Mark Webber, which earned him the position, and shortly after Lewis Hamilton and overtook him, he was fourth. But after the pit stop Hamilton won the position and Nico got 7. After the entry of Barrichello and Liuzzi to pit, Nico regained fifth place which does not leave until the end of the race. In the last part of this approach of Nico to Sebastian Vettel, but ultimately could not be and we had 10 laps with our heart in our hands. Nico 5th with 10 points and teammate 6th.
1 F. Alonso Ferrari 1:39:20.396
2 F. Massa Ferrari + 16,099
3 L. Hamilton McLaren + 23,182
4 S. Vettel Red Bull + 38,799
5 N. Rosberg + 40,213 Mercedes Grand Prix
6 M. Schumacher Mercedes Grand Prix + 44,163
7 J. McLaren Button + 45,280
8 M. Webber Red Bull + 46,360
9 V. Liuzzi Force India F1 + 53,008
10 R. Barrichello Williams + 1:02.489
11 R. Kubica Renault + 1:09.093
12 A. Sutil Force India F1 + 1:22.958
13 J. Alguersuari Scuderia Toro Rosso + 1:32.656
14 N. Hulkenberg Williams + 1 laps
15 H. Kovalainen Lotus F1 + 2 laps
Retired
16 S. Buemi Scuderia Toro Rosso + 3 laps
17 J. Trulli Lotus F1 + 3 laps
18 P. de la Rosa Sauber + 21 laps
19 B. HRT Senna F1 + 32 laps
20 T. Virgin Glock Racing + 33 laps
21 V. Petrov Renault + 36 laps
22 K. Kobayashi Sauber + 38 laps
23 L. Di Grassi Virgin Racing + 47 laps
24 K. Chandhok HRT F1 + 48 laps
Nico's quotes after the race:
"I had a great start today and was happy to be running in fourth position by the end of the first lap. However I lacked pace on the option tyres in the first stint and struggled for pace. Lewis beat me on strategy in the pit stop which we need to analyse later and see what happened. I couldn't quite get Sebastian at the end as I lost grip in the dirty air when I got close. However fifth place is a good start for us and I am confident that we can develop well from here."
Ross Brawn quotes:
"Nico and Michael did a great job this weekend to finish in fifth and sixth positions and now we need to give them the car to improve on those placings. We were not quick enough today and our race pace was not there to finish further up the field and challenge for a podium position. We have some hard work ahead but I am confident that we can progress the car strongly in the next few races. The team performed extremely well this weekend and for our first race with our two new drivers, we achieved two strong points-scoring finishes."
My opinion and my feelings of this race are somewhat confusing, analyzing the race, the pace of grants to other cars and the little details I did not like anything. His pace much slower than the front runners, losing nearly a second on each lap with Lewis after his first pit stop, the sector times much slower than other cars, (referring to the other cars to Ferrari Red Bull and McLaren), especially in the second sector far from the fastest time by Vettel in the closing laps, 63.8 and 64.5 for Nico did a good pit stop Nico slower than Schumi, and slower than the Vettel and other drivers of the head. Some things can not finish like me, wait and see in the next race.
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