Rosberg: Lewis you were just thinking about yourself

Nico Rosberg was told by team boss Niki Lauda to up his game prior to the Chinese Grand Prix, and it appears the German did as asked but still could not match his teammate Lewis Hamilton and again had to play second fiddle. Rosberg spoke after finishing second at Shanghai International Circuit.

Another one-two for Mercedes-Benz. As a competitor I know it’s tough being a member of a team and an individual as well. How was your race today?
Nico Rosberg: I gave it everything in the end on the prime tyre to try to close the gap to Lewis and just took some risks. But it didn’t pay off because my tyres just died off in the end, so there we go, I wouldn’t have managed to get any closer.

But your tyres were good enough to keep the gap between you and Vettel that’s for sure?
NR: Yeah, definitely. We’re happy with the gap to Ferrari, having beaten them here after they beat us in Malaysia. It was very important for us as a team, a good, important comeback, so more of that for sure.