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Rosberg and Schumacher left downcast
Mercedes Grand Prix drivers Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher were unable to make a significant impression at home in Germany on Saturday, with the former just making the cut for the top ten shootout as the latter was demoted.
Racing at Hockenheim for the first time with the silver arrows, Schumacher moved up to ninth in the dying moments of Q2, only to first been displaced by Rosberg and then Nico Hülkenberg’s Williams, with the second being the last straw in terms of Michael’s progression to the top ten shootout.
“There isn't much more to say about qualifying other than the result was what was achievable for us today,” the 7-time Champion said. “Clearly it was disappointing because we had expected to be able to fight for fifth or sixth place but, from the difference between our two cars, you can see our results are what the potential was.
“If I want to find something positive, it is that at least I will be starting from the better side of the grid and, in the end, I prefer 11th to 10th place because of that. I had some issues with my brakes during qualifying but I do not rate that a real factor for the performance today.”
“I was hoping for a strong weekend here at Hockenheim in front of our fans but unfortunately I struggled a lot in qualifying today,” Rosberg added. “It's really disappointing and it seems that we are just not making our developments work as well as we hoped this weekend, which we need to look into.”
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