2013 Spanish Grand Prix – Qualifying: First row for Mercedes AMG
Samstag, 11.Mai 2013Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton locked out the front row of the grid in Barcelona today for MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS.
Nico scored his second consecutive pole position and the team’s third in a row at the Circuit de Catalunya this afternoon. With Lewis in second, both Mercedes will start from the front [...]
F1 Australia 2013 – Qualifying: Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg qualified in third and sixth places
Sonntag, 17.März 2013Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg qualified in third and sixth places during the delayed Qualifying session for the Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park this morning.
Nico topped both Q1 on Saturday afternoon and Q2 this morning, with both fastest times set on intermediate tyres. In Q3, the drivers completed a ‘banker’ [...]
F1 2013 in Australia – Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton with good first two practice sessions
Freitag, 15.März 2013The 2013 Formula One season got underway today with Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton completing the first two practice sessions of the Australian Grand Prix weekend at Albert Park in Melbourne.
Lewis and Nico completed a total of 89 laps during today’s two practice sessions. The technical programme focused on basic set-up [...]
MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS launches 2013 Silver Arrow in Jerez
Montag, 4.Februar 2013The MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team today unveiled its 2013 Formula One car, the F1 W04, at the Jerez circuit in southern Spain.
Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton arrived at the official photo call at the wheel of two Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Coupé Black Series, the fifth Black Series model from Mercedes-AMG. Inspired by [...]
2012 Canadian Grand Prix: Nico Rosberg sixth
Sonntag, 10.Juni 2012Nico Rosberg finished the Canadian Grand Prix in sixth place today with Michael Schumacher forced to retire after 43 laps.
Nico ran a two-stop strategy, pitting on laps 19 and 38, and using super soft/soft/soft tyres. Michael retired after 43 laps when an hydraulic problem left his rear-wing flap stuck open. [...]
2012 Monaco Grand Prix: Rosberg second place – Schumacher out
Sonntag, 27.Mai 2012Nico Rosberg converted second place on the grid into a second-place finish this afternoon at the 70th Monaco Grand Prix. Michael Schumacher retired from seventh position following a fuel pressure problem.
Nico ran a one-stop strategy from P2 on the grid, starting on super-soft tyres and changing to softs on lap 27. Michael was forced to [...]
A Monaco story: When Nico met Mika
Dienstag, 22.Mai 2012It’s a scene that happens hundreds of thousands of times a day around the world: two people meet in a lift, greet each other and begin to chat about work and life.
The twist in this particular story, though, is that the elevator is in Monte-Carlo; the two men are resident in the same apartment [...]
2012 Spanish Grand Prix: Qualifying – Maldonardo on Pole
Samstag, 12.Mai 2012Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher will start the Spanish Grand Prix from ninth and seventh positions respectively following today’s qualifying hour at the Circuit de Catalunya.
Today’s qualifying was dominated by a strategic use of tyre sets with a view to tomorrow’s race. Just three teams got both their cars into the top ten shoot-out this [...]
2012 Chinese Grand Prix: Race – First victory for Mercedes AMG Petronas
Sonntag, 15.April 2012Nico Rosberg took a commanding victory at the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai today. Starting from pole position, he took the chequered flag with a 20s margin over the second placed car, achieving his first win in Formula One.
Nico ran a two-stop option/prime/prime strategy to win by 20.626 seconds over Jenson [...]
MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS presents F1 W03 in Barcelona
Dienstag, 21.Februar 2012Mercedes-Benz this morning marked two world premieres at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, with the unveiling of the 2012 Silver Arrow, the MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS F1 W03, and the first public sneak preview of the brand-new Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG.
The new high-performance roadster, which develops 537 PS while delivering weight savings of 125 kg [...]
2011 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: Race
Sonntag, 13.November 2011Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher made up one place on their grid positions in today’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to finish in sixth and seventh places respectively at the end of the 55-lap race at the Yas Marina Circuit.
After an entertaining battle between the pair on the first lap, Nico emerged [...]
Mercedes GP Petronas & Nico Rosberg agree contract extension
Donnerstag, 10.November 2011MERCEDES GP PETRONAS is delighted to confirm that the team and Nico Rosberg have agreed a multi-year contract extension to include the 2013 season and beyond.
Since joining MERCEDES GP PETRONAS for the 2010 season, Nico has achieved three podiums, scored 217 points and demonstrated that he belongs to the top group of drivers currently racing [...]
2011 Korean Grand Prix – Race
Sonntag, 16.Oktober 2011Nico Rosberg finished the Korean Grand Prix in eighth place today with team-mate Michael Schumacher forced to retire on lap 16.
Nico completed a two-stop strategy on laps 13 and 27, running used option/new prime/new prime tyres. Michael started the race on new option tyres and stopped once on lap 14, for new prime tyres, before [...]
2011 Hungarian Grand Prix: Preview
Freitag, 29.Juli 2011he third of the 2011 season’s four sets of back-to-back races continues this weekend in Budapest with Round 11 of the Formula One World Championship, the Hungarian Grand Prix, taking place at the Hungaroring.
The Hungarian Grand Prix will be the 100th race for the Mercedes 2.4 litre V8 engine. The Hungarian Grand Prix has been [...]
F1: German Grand Prix 2011: Preview
Freitag, 22.Juli 2011The 2011 Formula One season reaches its midway point this weekend with Round 10, the German Grand Prix, hosted at the historic Nürburgring circuit in the Eifel Mountains on Sunday 24 July. After the British Grand Prix on 10 July, the weekend will be the second home race in a row for the MERCEDES GP [...]
2011 Spanish Grand Prix – Preview
Mittwoch, 18.Mai 2011The Spanish Grand Prix, Round Five of the 2011 Formula One World Championship, takes place on Sunday 22 May at the Circuit de Catalunya outside Barcelona.
The track has hosted the Spanish Grand Prix since 1991, and Mercedes-Benz powered cars have won five times. Of the 20 grands prix held at this [...]
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