Rosberg's triumph in China! 

 

The 26-year-old German triumphed on Sunday in China at the Shanghai International Circuit in style ahead of the British McLaren drivers Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton, who took over after his third third place in the third race of the season in front of his teammates, the championship lead. Double world champion Sebastian Vettel had to settle for the Middle Kingdom with fifth place.

Success for Mercedes

Not only for Rosberg it was a historic day, but also for his racing team Mercedes. The Swabian car maker was jubilant over his first GP victory as his own team since the 11th September 1955. At that time, won the legendary Argentine "Silver Arrow" driver Juan-Manuel Fangio at Monza. Following the acquisition of the racing team of Ross Brawn, the longtime engine supplier Mercedes since 2010 is again represented with its own team in the premier class of motorsport.

"Absolutely sensational, amazing! I am overjoyed. It took a long time for me and the team, so it is terrific that we are now where we wanted to go ", started from pole position, the son of former Finnish world Mesters Keke Rosberg was jubilant after his easy victory against the equally by Mercedes engines powered McLaren.

Vettel with criticism of the bolide

Vettel, who had recently stayed in Malaysia without the eleventh championship point missed, however the podium again. The started from eleventh place only German was due to his race strategy to "pre-washed" in second place was, but was overtaken in the last four rounds still by Button, Hamilton and his Red Bull stablemate Mark Webber. Fared even worse Sepang winner Fernando Alonso, who was on a ride in a Ferrari at all only ninth and lost his championship lead.

"When I was second, I've tried to keep my tires to fit somehow, but these attempts at resuscitation were unsuccessful. There was nothing more inside the tire, "said Vettel, why he was finishing the fight for the podium chance. He also criticized the performance of his cars: "Our car is not fast enough, the others I went away on the straights, because we lack a little steam." The World Cup is the defending champion now 28 points behind Hamilton (45), Button (43), Alonso (37) and Webber (36) fifth.

Rosberg: "Gigantic"

Unlike Red Bull Mercedes has made China a giant step forward. "Gigantic, how quickly we have improved in the race," said Rosberg, who because of tire problems in Sepang last only 13 had become. "Three weeks ago we were the tire-eaters, now we have the tires Whisperer," was the ironic comment of Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug, who got the awards ceremony of its "three friends" Rosberg, Button and Hamilton administered a vigorous champagne shower .

As Haug also had team boss Ross Brawn happy tears in her eyes. "We had our plan for this race, and has risen perfectly," said the 57-year-old Englishman, the only upset of the early failure of record champion Michael Schumacher. The 43-year-old German had to park his Mercedes after a botched first pit stop on lap 13 because of a loose right rear tire prematurely. "But otherwise we have now done everything right," confirmed Brawn.

Historic Moment

Hamilton, McLaren said only that had been set back on the grid after a gearbox change from place to seven, from a "fantastic day". Button told his pit crew, however just after crossing the finish line with over the radio: "We are not where we wanted to be." So said the ex-world champion in the last botched pit stop that cost him his chance of victory.

Due to this gaffe Rosberg had an easy time. "It went with me the whole race simply to save the tires," admitted the seventh Grand Prix winners from Germany, and 94th overall Formula 1 history. With the previous last win of his father Keke, who was in a 1982 world champion Williams, on 3 November 1985 in Adelaide, Nico Rosberg was just four months old.

More than 26 years later, he has now made himself completely to the top. And Austrian Formula 1 legend Niki Lauda is confident that soon follow triumphs are more Rosberg. "Now it will go quickly with more wins, because he knows that he can," was the forecast of experts acting as RTL triple world champion.

Final result

1.	Nico Rosberg	ENG	Mercedes	1:36:26,929	2 *
2.	Jenson Button	GBR	McLaren	+ 20,6	3
3.	Lewis Hamilton	GBR	McLaren	26,0	3
4.	Mark Webber	OFF	Red Bull	27,9	3
5.	Sebastian Vettel	ENG	Red Bull	30,4	2
6.	Romain Grosjean	FRA	Lotus	31,4	2
7.	Bruno Senna	BRA	Williams	34,5	2
8.	Pastor Maldonado	VEN	Williams	35,6	2
9.	Fernando Alonso	ESP	Ferrari	37,2	3
10.	Kamui Kobayashi	JPN	Clean	38,7	2

* Pit Stop

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