Rosberg expects Austria competition

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg insists that Mercedes won’t have it their own this weekend at the Austrian Grand Prix.

The German racer won last year’s race but started behind Williams’ Felipe Massa on the grid.

Mercedes are expected to dominate this year’s race, but Rosberg has warned that won’t be the case.

He said: “My first race at this track last year couldn't have been much better. Of course, we didn't have the ideal start in qualifying - but we nailed it on Sunday and it was great to get the win.

“I'm sure we'll have some tough competition here once again with Williams and probably some others too.”

Rosberg trails his team-mate Lewis Hamilton by 17 points in the Drivers’ Standings, and says that he needs to start mastering qualifying once again.

He added: “Canada was really lost for me on the Saturday. Not getting everything together in qualifying hurt my chances big time - but I had the pace and that's a big positive to take forward and go maximum attack in Austria.”

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