Rosberg Tersingkir di Singapura Lantaran Masalah Teknis
Rosberg Limps Out of Singapore GP
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
Singapura (B2B) - Pemuncak klasemen Formula 1 Nico Rosberg keluar dari Grand Prix Singapura yang berlangsung Minggu karena masalah-masalah elektronik di Mercedesnya.
Pebalap Jerman itu sempat mengikuti lomba selama 14 putaran.
Dia berada di posisi start kedua untuk Mercedes namun terpaksa start dari "pitlane" setelah berulang kali mengalami masalah dengan kemudi mobilnya.
Pengunduran diri itu membuat rekan setim Rosberg, Lewis Hamilton, berada di jalur untuk memuncaki klasemen, seperti dilansir Yahoo Sports.
Hamilton memimpin dari posisi start terdepan di sirkuit jalan raya Marina Bay.
Rosberg memulai balap malam hari ini dengan keunggulan 22 angka atas Hamilton.
Sejumlah masalah membelit sebelum balap seiring para mekanik tergesa-gesa memperbaiki mobilnya.
Ia masuk dengan lambat ke pit dan kembali mengganti kemudi.
Pebalap 29 tahun itu menekan beberapa tombol pada kemudi lalu melambaikan tangan untuk menandakan balap sudah berakhir baginya.
Singapore - Nico Rosberg´s world championship hopes were struck a huge blow on Sunday when his Mercedes limped out of the Singapore Grand Prix with electrical failure.
The German, who arrived at the Marina Bay street circuit 22 points clear of his Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton in the title race, had to start from the pitlane when his car remained stationary for the warm-up lap.
His team managed to get him moving from the pitlane but after trailing the rest of the pack, and lapping at five seconds slower than Hamilton, he crawled into the pits on lap 15 and retired, waving his hands in defeat.
Rosberg´s problems began before the floodlit race began, he had to change his steering wheel three times in the final 25 minutes before the start.
With the second spot on the grid empty Hamilton, now the sole occupier of the front row, made a perfect start, leading the pack from Red Bull´s defending champion Sebastian Vettel.
The Briton had qualified a mere 0.007 seconds quicker than Rosberg on Saturday.
The safety car came out on lap 32 for five laps after an incident between Adrian Sutil and Sergio Perez, with the front wing of Perez´s Force India coming off.
Sauber´s Esteban Gutierrez and Kamui Kobayashi were also forced to retire.
