Nico Rosberg has been at the sharp end of the field in the last two races only to end up in fifth place in both events after Mercedes couldn’t follow-up on that form.
In Spain the German starts seventh, but insists that the team has put a greater emphasis on its performance over a race distance. Nevertheless, he’s disappointed to be so far back.
“For sure it’s a disappointment, it’s obviously not great,” he said. “In Turkey I was third on the grid, and here seventh, that’s not ideal. But taking a step back, it was to be expected. We changed our approach a little bit and just concentrated more on race pace, so for the race we’re definitely looking better for tomorrow than what we looked like in Turkey, because in Turkey I definitely struggled in the race. So that was no good.
“We’re trying generally to do a better job here, so we’ll see if it works tomorrow, starting a bit further back, hoping we have a better race pace. Then again I’m not sure because the other guys seem to be a little further ahead at the moment, so it will be difficult. In terms of tyres also I’m looking better for example than Ferrari. Not sure about McLaren. So it’s possible.”
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