As per the latest resources, Nico Rosberg ruled the European Grand Prix as Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton attempted to fifth spot.
Rosberg drove from the principal corner and drove off into the separation as Hamilton attempted to make up ground in the inaugural race in Azerbaijan.
The best on the planet began tenth and was hampered by an issue with an engine setting amid the race.
The best on the planet dropped to 24 focuses afloat of Rosberg in the title thus. Hamilton said he had an “off day” in qualifying and Mercedes were at a misfortune to comprehend what happened. However, in the race it was distinctive. After a mindful begin, Hamilton started to make up ground, getting positions until he was fourth, directly behind Force India’s Sergio Perez after 11 laps – helped by an early stop for Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen.
Be that as it may, Hamilton couldn’t pass the tricky Force India and started to keep running into vibration issues from the tires, which he had harmed in qualifying.
Mercedes attempted to pass Perez by ceasing prior however Force India frustrated them by acquiring the Mexican the following lap.
After the pit stop, Hamilton attempted to pass Perez again however then started to drop back. It rose up out of correspondence amongst driver and team that there was an issue with an engine setting – however the team radio limitations implied the team couldn’t let him know what wasn’t right or how to alter it.
It is not yet totally clear what had happened – in spite of the fact that the team said it was “an issue with the setting you are in” yet that “it’s not something you’ve done – it’s a setting that is erroneous”.
Hamilton was plainly disappointed however with 10 laps to go he at long last rolled out an improvement that tackled the issue.
He quickly set the speediest first segment time of the race, however then did not accelerate and traveled gradually to the completion behind Perez.
Both drivers had the same issue on occasion amid the race. “Nico had made a change during the race that caused the issue.
So when told it was an issue with the mode, as permitted by FIA, he switched back out of it. Lewis had the setting from start of race and it was not obvious that this setting was causing the problem. The fundamental problem is on our heads as it was a configuration not working properly, not the driver’s fault. But the radio rules complicated things drastically: without this, it would have been solved immediately.”
