Nico Rosberg regretted not being able to overhaul Felipe Massa for a top five place at Yas Marina, although the leading Mercedes did finish 24 seconds ahead of team-mate Michael Schumacher with whom he traded positions on the opening lap. Rosberg was the last car to finish less than one minute behind the winner.
“It was an interesting race for me today,” Rosberg commented. “The start didn't work out very well, as I tried to overtake Felipe but suddenly there was no space left. Michael was able to overtake me and we had a fun battle before I took the place back.
“From then on, I was able to handle my tyre situation very well. I stayed out a bit longer before the second stop as there was some grip left and it was better to stay out with the softer tyres. With the Prime (harder) tyres, I had some understeer which made it impossible to overtake Felipe.
“Thanks to my engineering team, who did a brilliant job here, and I was quite happy with my car all weekend. Our pit-stop guys were also great again and that's why we achieved a good result today. It makes me look forward to Brazil and hopefully we can achieve another good result there.”
Schumacher, who came home seventh following his heavy accident with Vitantonio Liuzzi last year, parked his car after taking the chequered flag.
“A reasonable race today and some reasonable points, I would say,” reported the seven-time World Champion. “Considering that we did not manage to find the perfect balance yesterday, we managed to get the maximum out of our situation today.
“But then, I did lose some small parts of the car which cost us some balance and towards the end I had a slow puncture, which is why I had to park my car at Turn 2. The tyres gave up rather early in the first stint but that was due to our tyre strategy yesterday, when we wanted to save a fresh set for the race. I therefore had quite used tyres for the start.”
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| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  L. Hamilton | McLaren | 1:37:11.886 |
| 2. | F. Alonso | Ferrari | +8.457 |
| 3. | J. Button | McLaren | +25.881 |
| 4. | M. Webber | Red Bull | +35.784 |
| 5. | F. Massa | Ferrari | +50.578 |
| 6. | N. Rosberg | Mercedes | +52.317 |
| 7. | M. Schumacher | Mercedes | +1:15.964 |
| 8. | A. Sutil | Force India | +1:17.122 |
| 9. | P. di Resta | Force India | +1:41.087 |
| 10. | K. Kobayashi | Sauber | +1 Lap |
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