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Rosberg: I did not play it safe on last Q3 lap
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Nico Rosberg has laughed off suggestions that he played it safe to ensure a front row start at the Malaysian Grand Prix, as the Mercedes driver qualified second and 0.4s off team-mate Lewis Hamilton. The German was only fifth and nine tenths adrift of his title rival after the drivers involved in Q3 completed their first runs. Although Rosberg managed to find half a second on his final flyer, the gap to Hamilton remains substantial. “Of course I am going for pole, what else would I be doing?” replied Rosberg when asked if he was solely focussed on beating the Red Bulls. “But Lewis’ lap was very quick so it was always going to be difficult. “I would have come...
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