Rosberg himself pointed to the fact that due to the new Pirelli tyres and the Drag Reduction System, introduced in 2011, overtaking had become more possible and qualifying – where he still had beaten Schumacher 16:3 – had lost its importance.
O propio Rosberg apuntou ao feito de que debido aos novos pneumáticos Pirelli e ao sistema DRS, introducido en 2011, os adiantamentos e a cualificación eran máis doados, onde el aínda batera Schumacher 16:3, perderan a súa importancia.