Michael Schumacher’s complaint about his teammate Nico Rosberg was diluted in an official team media release.<\/p>\n
Immediately after qualifying behind his 24-year-old countryman in Monaco, Schumacher said Rosberg’s sister Mercedes was “the only car” that blocked him.<\/p>\n
“It’s a shame but there you go.\u00a0 It happened in Q3 when there were only ten cars on the track,” said the seven time world champion.<\/p>\n
But in a subsequent media release provided by Mercedes, Schumacher was quoted as admitting the Rosberg indiscretion had been committed “unintentionally”.<\/p>\n
Schumacher was only half a tenth behind Rosberg in the grid-decisive Q3, but Rosberg’s Q2 time was three tenths faster than the best time Schumacher managed all weekend in the Principality.<\/p>\n
Rosberg, just sixth on the grid ahead of Schumacher, told TV reporters: “I should have had pole, or at least first row of the grid.\u00a0 I just didn’t get it together; too many laps with traffic and I made a mistake myself.”<\/p>\n
Even team boss Ross Brawn admitted that Rosberg’s Q2 form was “more indicative” of the true pace of the W01 car.<\/p>\n
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