Clear: “Rosberg studied Schumacher’s telemetry, but it was more useful to turn off the PC and observe how he behaved in the garage”

Three years together in Mercedes Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher shared the Mercedes garage for three years from 2010 to 2012. The seven-time world champion, in fact, returned to F1 with the Star manufacturer after the stop in the three-year period 2007-2009, but the three years in Mercedes were not lucky for the Kaiser even if there were feats such as the pole position obtained in the 2012 Monaco GP, a masterpiece ruined by the penalty of 5 positions to observe on the starting grid for the collision with Bruno Senna in the previous GP in Spain. The English coach Jock Clear was able to observe the two compatriots closely and said that Nico Rosberg obviously studied Schumacher’s data in depth, but according to Clear the future world champion’s attention in 2016 should have been focused on Michael’s true secrets. “When I was Nico Rosberg’s engineer in 2010, Michael was on the other side of the garage – the words of Clear reached by Betpack – there were many points where Michael was faster than Nico. And Nico looked at ‘what is Michael doing here? Why?’ There were moments when I wanted to say to Nico ‘close the laptop and sit down and watch that man. Listen to him, listen to how he talks to people and watch him, watch his body language.’ What he didn’t understand was how much Michael could engage people and how much everyone wanted to be part of his team. Everyone wanted Michael to win. Everyone wanted Michael to be their best friend. He was able to elicit that kind of support quite naturally. There was nothing forced about it. It wasn’t something studied; he was simply a very charismatic person and, in such a competitive environment, that is precisely what makes the difference.” Click here to add Formula Passion as your favorite source on Google Discover: you will find our content more easily!

Automobile Magazine – F1 English News , 2026-05-20 16:00:00