The British Grand Prix next Sunday marks one of two home Grands Prix in quick succession for the Mercedes GP team, whos Brackley base is just 8 miles from the Silverstone circuit.
Nico Rosberg praised the track, saying ‘every driver loves to race there’:
“Silverstone is a great circuit and one of those tracks which provides a real challenge for you as a driver. I think every driver loves to race there. The layout is demanding with the very quick corners and it will be interesting to see the new changes in the Arena complex for this year. The atmosphere and the fans are always fantastic at Silverstone and it will be even better this year with our factories just down the road and the support of everyone at the team.”
Rosberg added that after the Grand Prix, he and teammate Michael Schumacher would be going back to the team’s Brackley base to see everyone and thank them for their hard work:
“We will be going back to Brackley after the race to see everyone and it would be nice to get a good result to reward their hard work. It’s been tough for us over the last few races but we are working hard to improve and I am confident we will get there.”
In comparison to his countryman’s optimism, Michael Schumacher does not seem too hopeful of a great result next weekend, admitting that they are struggling, but will try their best:
“We would like to give everyone at our factories in Brackley and Brixworth and all of our supporters a good performance this coming weekend, even if we seem to struggle a bit at the moment. We have to face the fact that we were less competitive in Valencia than we had hoped for which makes it difficult to predict how we can perform at the British Grand Prix. Our race pace has been quite promising but our qualifying speed is not yet ideal and we still do not understand the full picture about the tyres. This clearly is something that we will keep working on intensively. I have a lot of different and mostly nice memories of Silverstone and therefore I am obviously very much looking forward to travelling there. We will certainly try to do our best there.”
