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Disappointed Rosberg tells Mercedes to improve reliability

Nico Rosberg fell out of the Singapore GP after just 15 laps.

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes AMG F1

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes AMG F1

Alex Galli

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes AMG F1 W05
Nico Rosberg, Mercedes AMG F1 with the media
Nico Rosberg, Mercedes AMG F1 Team
Nico Rosberg, Mercedes AMG F1
Nico Rosberg, Mercedes AMG F1 W05 leads team mate Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes AMG F1 W05
Nico Rosberg, Mercedes AMG F1 in the FIA Press Conference
Nico Rosberg, Mercedes AMG F1 W05

Sep.21 (GMM) 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.

We have already had several problems with reliability this year ... This is our weakness

Nico Rosberg

"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.

Massive championship implications

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 championship by three points with just five races to go.

Rosberg could not hide his anger.

Wolff apologises

"I let out a lot in the cockpit," he admitted, revealing that boss Toto Wolff even found the need to apologise.

Rosberg says the Brackley based team, so utterly dominant in performance terms in 2014, needs to work harder on reliability.

"We have already had several problems with reliability this year," he insisted. "This is our weakness.

"We need to improve the car -- it must be 100 per cent reliable," Rosberg added.

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