Canada Saturday quotes: Mercedes
Nico Rosberg - 10th: "That wasn't a great qualifying session for us today. We have a good car here this weekend but unfortunately we couldn't get the tyres to work properly this afternoon. That was the big issue for us today. The harder tyre wasn't too bad in Q1 but we struggled with the option later on and there was just no more lap time to be had. It is very disappointing to be starting in tenth place but anything can happen in the race so we can only look forward and take advantage where possible tomorrow."
Michael Schumacher - 13th: "I am obviously disappointed after today's qualifying. We simply did not have the balance or grip and overall we had a lot of problems with braking and handling. The car was just not performing as we expected. We had similar issues yesterday afternoon and we made some changes after second practice. This morning, the changes seemed to have made sense as our position was reasonable but this afternoon, I was facing similar issues again. It's difficult to understand the reasons at the moment but we will look deeply into it now and find a good strategy for the race tomorrow."
Ross Brawn: "A very disappointing qualifying session for us today, particularly as I was quite encouraged by our performance yesterday and this morning. However when it came to qualifying, we just weren't able to put our laps together. We tried both the prime and option tyres but finding the performance seemed to get away from us. There was very little difference between the tyres and ultimately we struggled to get the best out of them."
Norbert Haug: "Not the best possible result for us today. We certainly didn't extract the maximum out of our cars and didn't use the tyres in the best possible way. But tomorrow we will possibly be in a better position."
Share Or Save This Story
McLaren leaves Mercedes impressed after dominant Hungary win
The shocking aspect to Antonelli's rapid F1 title-contending transformation
The data behind Russell’s engine software issue that caused his Hungarian GP slow start
Why Rally Finland victory means as much as a WRC title to Pajari
Paddon secures extra Hyundai WRC outing in 2026
The deep and lasting significance of the McLaren MP4/4’s forgotten older brother
WRC Finland: Pajari claims back-to-back WRC victories
Subscribe and access Autosport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
Top Comments