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The start of last Sundays
Malaysian Grand Prix would see WilliamsF1 drivers Nico Rosberg and Mark
Webber running side by side on the run down to the first corner. Rosberg was
later criticised by team members for how he put the squeeze on his
team-mate. This move to end up allowing Renault's Fernando Alonso to pass
both drivers in the first corner.
 Now
it is the turn of Nico to admit his error saying that it was not correct on
his part to be so aggressive with his own team-mate in a move that cost both
of them positions on the track.
In an interview for team sponsor Castrol Nico said: "I didn't have such a
good start in the race in Sepang and made a bit of a mistake, probably
because of concentrating too much on Mark.
"I thought he was the only guy I was fighting with into the first corner and
in the end it hurt both of us as Alonso went past the two of us in one go. It was my fault as I was trying to put pressure on Mark and push him onto
the dirty side of the track to stop him getting by. It was just like he was
any other driver because the team said: 'as long as you don't take each
other off, then you are free to race.'
"But in the end I should have accepted that Mark was there and we should
have worked together and made sure that we got through the corner without
anybody else passing us.
"I will change that for the future. Mark and I have spoken and we can work
on that together." |
