Nico Rosberg: “Italy is a special place, it would be nice to get a great result”

An important gap, but still a front row for Nico Rosberg a Monza, who will start behind tomorrow's race Lewis Hamilton. The German of Mercedes, protagonist of the race weekend so far together with his teammate, is looking for redemption on the Brianza track, after in 2015 his single-seater gave up with three laps to go.

“I think the clearest explanation for the gap between me and Lewis is that he did some really great laps, and that's it,” he commented Rosberg cold. “I've had a good weekend so far and today I set some good laps, but not fast enough it seems.”

“Tomorrow I will only think about the race and not how it went last year - when the German collected a DNF -. Starting second is an excellent opportunity; it would be fantastic to bring home a great result here in Italy because it is a special place to win and I also feel a bit Italian in many ways, so I hope things go well", concluded Nico.