Rosberg: " I can be in the podium"

Q: Nico, how much fun you had with your first qualifying session for Mercedes? "
Nico Rosberg: "It was a good session. I had hoped for something more, however. I thought that I would now fight for pole position. But that was not so. Red Bull and Ferrari are a bit faster than us. "
"The best thing today would have been inside for me was the fourth place. However, I can be satisfied. I have a good starting position held. It was very difficult - especially in relation to the tires. The softer compound is the faster, has a tendency to overheat, too. "

"Do you have a small slides, then the temperature of the tires is already high and they are no longer optimal in the following curves and on the rest of the round. It was just a struggle in qualifying, very difficult."


Q: How difficult is the choice of tires where the tires from Q3 to be so used eventually in the race? "
Rosberg: "Basically we had to choose the softer option, because that is better in terms of the race on Sunday. I will not tell now how the strategy looks like exactly. It's better that way."

Q: How does it feel that you are in relation to the strategy in a real genius Ross Brawn in the team have? "
Rosberg: "This is obviously great. He is not only strategically very strong, but also technically. I have great hopes for the season that we can develop very strong."

Question: "What do you hope for the race and how far it can go forward?"
Rosberg: "The panel should now be in it. If I catch a good start, then I'm fourth. But it is difficult even to the three up front against the two Ferraris and against Vettel."