Paddy Lowe explains Nico Rosberg's problems in Abu Dhabi

Paddy Lowe, speaking to Adam Cooper, once again spoke about the problem that stopped Nico Rosberg during the last United Arab Emirates Grand Prix. The former Technical Director of Mclaren explained that in the German's W05 Hybrid there was a failure in the ERS cooling system, a problem that generated a series of anomalies within the Mercedes power unit.

“I think it's been a wonderful season, and we wanted to end it well, and that's what we did. Obviously Nico won't feel the same way about it, but he was an extremely sporting man, very respectful of Lewis and the team. You have to give him credit, I think it must be difficult for him." said Paddy Lowe. "At the end of the season they drove very well. The final part, the one where you are under pressure, is the one that counts, and it is very difficult to keep everything together. Both have proven themselves to be deserving World Champions, and this gives Nico hope for the future. Unfortunately it didn't go as we expected, given that we wanted to finish with a double. "

On the Rosberg problem he added: "Reliability has been our Achilles heel and we absolutely need to delve deeper into this topic during the next break. Nothing can be taken for granted during the winter in Formula 1. We will have to do our best and see where we will be next year. There was a failure in the hybrid systems' cooling system, which led to other components breaking down. This was the main problem, which caused other problems to come. Everything is tied together, the turbo didn't work well, and so on. Different things happened."

Roberto Valenti