Nico Rosberg's impressive run of wins has carried over from last year as he endured a dramatic season opening Australian Grand Prix to claim his 15th Formula 1 career victory and with it kick start his 2016 campaign in the best way possible.
Speaking after the race in Melbourne Rosberg said, "Early days, but a perfect start. We have to keep an eye on the red guys, because they are very close, as you saw today, so we need to give it everything to stay ahead, for sure."
Rosberg and Mercedes got their sums right after the race was red flagged after Fernando Alonso and Esteban Gutierrez collided firightfully. Mercedes opted to bolt on white stripe medium tyres while, their main rivals and leaders at that point, Ferrari went for red band supersofts on both their cars.
"The strategy was crucial, o I’m really thankful, "acknowledged Rosberg. "The team did a great job on that side as well. We are really strong in strategy amongst other things."
And added, "I don’t want to single out one thing, we’re strong in nearly all areas but that did it today. So I’m thankful. It was the tyre choice also on the red flag. I was glad to see that they were on the supersoft."
"I wasn’t sure that was going to be the case. I was happy that I was able to follow quite well with the medium. I was a bit concerned about the restart with the medium, that that tyre would be too cold but it worked out OK. Definitely necessary and the right thing for sure to clear out the incident," reflected Rosberg.
As for the momentum from previous season's hat-trick of race wins at the very end, Rosberg said: "Everything starts from zero, it’s a new season, new car. I feel that everything is starting from scratch, I’m just happy to get a good start in such a way into the season and that’s it."
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