The rise of Silver Arrows - Chinese-style

Two days back, Formula One and its fans experienced one of the most spectacular races in recent times.

The Chinese Grand Prix 2012 will be remembered for a long time due to the rise of Silver Arrows and the emergence of a new winner: Nico Rosberg‘s Mercedes team.

The spectators were treated to one of the most closely packed races in the history of Formula One with a train of cars racing with each other at speeds in excess of 300km/hr at one of the world’s most famous tracks, Shanghai International Circuit.

A remarkable race by Nico Rosberg allowed the Mercedes team to finish first after a gap of 57 years in Formula One.

Their win is so historic that a few Chinese shops have started selling silver arrows rather than swords. Nico-soups, nico-noodles etc are to follow soon.

Here’s a small review of the Historic win of Mercedes:

The Mercedes duo started the race in front and maintained their positions as the race began. As Rosberg increased his gap after every lap, Schumacher stayed just ahead of the McLaren vehicles and protected his position.

Both the cars had a longer first stint compared to the other teams, but later, Schumacher did his first pit stop, and unfortunately, his right front wheel was not fixed properly. As a result, Schumacher’s car faced mechanical problems and he was forced to retire immediately. It was a blow for the Mercedes and Schumacher as they missed out on a good opportunity.

Rosberg continued his form and drove perfect laps. But things were looking a bit worried as the rest of the teams did their second pit stops but he stayed away. They decided to have a two-pit strategy and this was clearly not the best strategy on a demanding circuit like China.

But Rosberg still kept setting times like the rest of the grid and finally made a second stop when the rest of the cars entered the pits for their third stop.

After that, there was no looking back and finished the race a whopping twenty seconds ahead of the rest of the field.

Reliability, tire issues and DDRS controversies are now a thing of the past as the Mercedes cars proved that they are capable of dominating races. The result of the Chinese Grand Prix will silence the mouths of the team’s share-holders as they wanted them to quit Formula One at one point of time.

Thank you and don’t miss the famous Bahrain Garand Prix this Sunday, till then hail the new samurai # Nico Rosberg

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