3 minutes with Nico Rosberg

Williams driver Nico Rosberg is one of the main people to benefit from the appeal court decision into the legality of the diffusers. He believes that it will mean that the status quo in F1 will be maintained for a few more races, with Brawn, Toyota, Red Bull and Williams the top four teams. He has a car which appears to be consistently strong at all tracks, something you couldn't say about last year's car.

Rosberg has his tail up at the moment because he has been the pace-setter in practice, strong in qualifying and the races. His performance in Malaysia, where he got a great start and led strongly at the start has really put him on the map again. He has also spoken out strongly about the dangers of twilight racing and is starting to mature as a Grand Prix driver.

You must be delighted with the diffuser decision?

"Yes, pleased we can maintain the advantage. Brawn is quickest and Toyota second quickest and then it is close between us and Red Bull. I think Red Bull is ever so slightly ahead of us. It's looking good for us at the moment, we have a good possibility to score some good points and maybe a podium with a bit of luck. We can be relatively far up the grid."

How long do you think it will be before the other teams get their diffusers to work?

"It's going to take many races for them to attempt to make their cars work with the diffuser and it's not a fact that it's going to be quicker. It's not straightforward. It's going to take a whole load of time. We need to go into the rest of the season thinking that we will develop very well and stay where we are and even move up, rather than take advantage now and be scared that we are going to be caught up."

When you follow another car with a double diffuser does it make it harder to overtake, as people are saying?

"No, definitely not."

Do you think Brawn will dominate the whole season?

"There is a very strong chance, yes. But the thing is that the development rate is massive because of these new rules, we can put a new part on the car and be quicker from one week to the next go two tenths quicker. It can go so quick. A few months down the road it may look different."

You led strongly in Sepang, you must be very pleased?

"It was great and the performance was there after the start we were pulling away and showing strong pace, It didn't go our way at the end with the weather, but we got some good points. I'm not disappointed."

When will you use KERS?