September 21, 2014.- One small problem has cost Nico Rosberg big under the glaring Singapore floodlights. Long before the five lights went out on the start gantry on Sunday, the former championship leader's Mercedes crew was grappling with malfunctioning electronics on the steering wheel. They never solved it. "I had no hybrid power, no DRS. The gearbox was always changing two gears at once. "I had hoped we could fix it at the pitstop, but in the end, nothing worked," Rosberg is quoted by Germany's Auto Motor und Sport. In the end, his retirement was utterly catastrophic for his 22-point cushion against arch-rival Lewis Hamilton -- who won the race. The Briton now leads the...
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