Rosberg felt tormented. When the team changed him onto medium tyres, it seemed they had handed over the initiative.
Mercedes-Benz was indeed faster than Williams. Whether in high-speed or low-speed corners, it boasted superior performance. However, that comparison only held true when they were on the same tyres.
Currently, driving ahead, Wu Shi kept his Williams's lap times steadily around the mid-1 minute 32 seconds mark. This lap time was nearly a second slower than Hamilton on his soft tyres, yet almost half a second faster than Rosberg on his medium tyres.
If the gap only widened by half a second per lap, over the remaining thirty-four laps, it would only amount to 17 seconds—nowhere near enough for a pit stop window. But one couldn't ignore that Rosberg's medium tyres had already run for 13 laps. Their performance seemed acceptable for now, but what about twenty laps later?
