Nico Rosberg news

Nico Rosberg (DNF): "That was a disappointing first weekend of the season. It was a tough race until my retirement with the cars behind me read more »

Nico Rosberg says he was "surprised" when Rubens Barrichello crashed into him in Melbourne, although the Williams' man says Rosberg "braked early"... read more »

Rubens Barrichello says he was not trying to pass Nico Rosberg when he made contact with the Mercedes GP driver during the Australian Grand Prix. read more »

After appearing to show much promise at the last pre-season test session in Barcelona, Mercedes GP saw both cars retire from the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday, with contact... read more »

The Australian Grand Prix, the first race of the 2011 Formula One season, ended in disappointment for the MERCEDES GP PETRONAS team this afternoon with Nico Rosberg and Michael... read more »

Lewis Hamilton and the Mercedes pair of Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg have all escaped penalties ahead of Sunday’s season-opening race in Melbourne, with the trio being... read more »

Nico Rosberg insists that Mercedes GP are not as far behind their rivals as the 1.892s gap to pole sitter Sebastian Vettel suggests... read more »

Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg have all escaped grid demotions, despite the FIA deeming that they blocked other drivers during qualifying. The race stewards read more »

Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg have escaped grid penalties despite being found guilty of impeding other cars during qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix. read more »

Mercedes is closer to the pace than its pace in qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix suggests, according to Nico Rosberg. read more »

Nico Rosberg (7th): "I'm disappointed as when I went to bed last night, I was hopeful of a good qualifying performance. In the morning, a read more »

Nico Rosberg was left to rue a costly error during the final part of qualifying at the Albert Park circuit on Saturday, with the Mercedes GP driver set to line up in seventh... read more »

Sebastian Vettel is quickest in Saturday practice, ahead of Webber, Hamilton, Button, Petrov, Alonso, Kobayashi, Rosberg, Heidfeld and Schumacher. read more »

Michael Schumacher was pleased after completing his opening day of practice in Melbourne, with the German finishing the second session in sixth place well-ahead of team-mate... read more »

Nico Rosberg was pleased but somewhat apprehensive following Mercedes’ first in-season day on-track in Melbourne. Having achieved fourth place in the afternoon’s first... read more »

Mercedes drivers Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg felt the Pirelli tyres performed better than expected in free practice for the Australian Grand Prix today read more »

Jenson Button is quickest in second Friday session, ahead of Hamilton, Alonso, Vettel, Webber, Schumacher, Massa, Perez, Barrichello and Rosberg. read more »

  Australian GP Free Practice 1 Results: PosDriverTeamTimeGapLaps 06. J. Button McLaren 1:28.440 +1.609 29 02. S. Vettel Red Bull 1:27.158 +0.327... read more »

Local favourite Mark Webber led a Red Bull 1-2 in the opening practice session of the 2011 Formula 1 season on Friday afternoon. Behind the Milton Keynes cars, Fernando Alonso... read more »

Mark Webber is quickest in free practice 1 in Melbourne, ahead of Vettel, Alonso, Rosberg, Barrichello, Button, Hamilton, Schumacher, Kobayashi and Petrov. read more »

Red Bull’s Mark Webber believes that Mercedes GP pairing Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher will be in a position to win Grands Prix this season. The Australian’s Thursday... read more »

Race strategy and performance will be critical factors in setting up the cars this season, as emphasis shifts away from qualifying, thanks to the raft of changes in Formula 1... read more »

In Formula One tyres are the biggest performance variable. MERCEDES GP PETRONAS driver Nico Rosberg and chief strategist James Vowles explain which type of tyres and compounds... read more »

Nobody really knows just how much of a step forward Mercedes' upgrade in Barcelona brought to the MGP W02 - but given just a sniff of victory, and Schumacher and Rosberg... read more »

Nico Rosberg has echoed the sentiments of Mercedes GP team-mate Michael Schumacher by stating that the Brackley-based outfit are in a strong position heading to next... read more »