Rosberg says he stuck around in Singapore to learn a few things
Nico Rosberg may have suffered a disappointing early end to his Formula One race in Singapore last Sunday, but he was able to find some positives by using the rest of the race as a learning experience.
After he retired because of an electrical problem that later was determined to originate in his steering wheel, Rosberg changed out of his overalls, grabbed a headset, and then spent the rest of the race observing from the Mercedes pit wall. He ran only 13 laps in the race eventually won by his Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton, who took over the F1 points lead with the victory.
"I just decided rather than going home, I'm going to try and see if I can pick up anything that might become useful in the next couple of races," he told FOXSports.com.
"Did I learn anything? Of course. I've never watched the other car live in a race, I've never watched the pit wall work together during a race this year, there are a lot of insights that I got."
Meanwhile, Rosberg admitted he had mixed feelings watching Hamilton win in Singapore.
"I'm split in two," he said. "On the one side I'm pleased that even though one car stopped, the team was able to win with the other car. It means a lot to me when the team can have something to cheer for. A lot of the team had a good day, especially one side of the garage. And it's important that Red Bull didn't catch up too many points, it was important to win.
"So that's one half, on the other half I'm just disappointed that I wasn't able to finish, of course, because I wanted to have a shot at the win, too."
