nico rosberg was driving for mercedes in 2017.
nico rosberg was driving for mercedes in 2017.
who is nico rosberg driving for in 2017?
mercedes
the race was won by german driver nico rosberg driving a mercedes, after he dominated the race to claim his debut formula one victory and his first race win since leaving gp2 series six years previously. rosberg became the first german driver to win a grand prix driving a german car in formula 1 history. the win was also the first win for an official mercedes-benz team since the 1955 italian grand prix, after which mercedes departed from formula one for 55 seasons. rosberg led home the mclaren pair of jenson button and lewis hamilton by over twenty seconds. the race itself was characterised by intense battling throughout the field and by high reliability with 23 of 24 starters finishing the race. this race was also hrt's thirty-ninth race start, setting the record for most grand prix starts without scoring a single point.
2012 chinese grand prix
rosberg took another front row at the monaco grand prix but struggled for pace early in very wet conditions and was asked to let hamilton through. after a later stop for dry tyres, he found himself in sixth stuck behind fernando alonso and unable to pass and as a light shower arrived at the end of the race was overtaken by nico hülkenberg and finished seventh, his worst result in monaco since 2011 and one which saw his lead in the championship cut to 24 points over lewis hamilton, who won the race. in canada, rosberg took his seventh front row of the season after qualifying 0.062 seconds behind lewis hamilton. in the race rosberg was pushed wide by hamilton at the start and dropped down to tenth. he then fought his way back into fourth before having to pit with a slow puncture which dropped him to seventh. he then overtook daniel ricciardo and kimi räikkönen to get back into fifth and was chasing max verstappen but unable to get past. on the penultimate lap, rosberg half spun whilst trying to overtake verstappen but had a big enough gap over räikkönen and finished the race in fifth with his championship lead over hamilton cut to 9 points. rosberg bounced back with pole position and victory at the brand new baku circuit whereas teammate and title rival lewis hamilton hit the wall in q3 and started tenth and finished fifth allowing him to increase his championship lead to 24 points. another incident occurred between the two drivers on the final lap of the austrian grand prix, resulting in hamilton winning and rosberg dropping to 4th; despite hamilton being booed on the podium, an investigation by race stewards agreed with most commentators that rosberg had caused the accident, and rosberg was given a 10-second penalty for causing the accident and driving with a severely damaged car, although this did not affect the race result.
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