Rosberg leads Hamilton
Brazilian Grand Prix 2014
James Moy Photography
There is an element of destiny about the 2014 Formula 1 world championship and that it should have come to be decided at the final round of the season, this weekend in Abu Dhabi. Ever since that first pre-season test and we were first given concrete evidence to support the rumours of the brilliance of the W05 hybrid’s package, through the ups and downs of reliability and team politics, somehow its always seemed likely to come to this.
Forget double points. When it comes down to it, it really doesn’t matter all that much. Had the gap been 26 points or more, then yes one might have reason to argue that it was all desperately unfair. But if you think about it, double points hasn’t really done a thing… yet. The championship would always have gone to the final race. The grand plan to keep the interest of the viewing public piqued until the last race has been accomplished more by the 2014 technical regulations and the Mercedes Petronas AMG team’s decision to allow its drivers to race, than by a ridiculous gimmick dreamt up in a boardroom.
From a personal perspective, that it should all come down to Abu Dhabi creates something of a perfect exclamation point for me, too. This weekend will be my last as GP2 commentator, and at the conclusion of the championship’s tenth season of competition it seems appropriate that one of its first two champions will be crowned Formula 1 champion on Sunday. I PRd them both. I have no favourite. I believe there have been virtues and accomplishments in both of their 2014 seasons.
At the base of it, we have two of the most gifted drivers of their generation gunning for a world title in the very best car of the year. It is absolutely as it should be. Both have transformed themselves remarkably since those formative years. And yet neither seems to have changed at all from the slightly awkward young men I first met 10 years ago.
So here are some personal recollections of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, and why, to my mind, either man would be a worthy world champion come Sunday.
Nico
Nico Rosberg
ART Grand Prix 2005
GP2 Media Service
I can’t recall the first time I met Nico Rosberg. All I remember is that I despised him, everything he was and all he represented: the cock-sure, entitled, bolshy son of a world champion. No grace, no humility. Wafting in, a blur of blonde hair and arrogance. A Formula BMW champion yes, but only a few F3 wins and just three years in single seaters gave what I held to be little foundation for such seeming conceit. I disliked him intensely. It got to the point where I held such disdain for him that I would actively seek for our paths to not cross… which was fairly hard given I was PRing the championship in which he was racing. I’d simply ask someone else to grab his quotes for me. They always seemed to be able to pull more out of him anyway.
But after a slow start his major results started to come, fittingly enough beginning at his “home” race of Monaco. In 2005 we only ran one race in the Principality, and he ended up on the podium. It gave him the confidence he needed. His first win wasn’t far away and as soon as it came, the championship charge really began. While the early pace-setters and championship favourites Heikki Kovalainen and Arden plateaued, Rosberg and ART improved with each passing race.
I never lost sight of the irony, however, that ART had never been the first option for him. On the basis of the 2004 F3000 season, the most coveted seats were at Arden and BCN. BCN had been Rosberg’s preferred and hoped-for destination, until a perfect sales pitch by Nicolas Todt and Fred Vasseur saw them lure the German to their new outfit. How fortuitous for Rosberg, that while BCN floundered and eventually folded, ART should become, on the back of the tremendous foundation laid in the guise as ASM, the class of junior series racing over that year and the following decade.
Nico Rosberg had been quick from the outset, and watching his racecraft develop as the season went on became a growing point of emotional turmoil for me. He was so impressive; seemingly effortlessly rapid and blessed with a precision that was metronomic. But I just couldn’t like him. I wished he’d been a good guy, one I could get excited about. But instead I felt huge sadness that such a wonderful talent had been given to a guy who was apparently such a Class A prat.
Nico speaks with his ART engineer Gaetan
Bahrain 2005
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I recall the low point only too well. He was breezing past on his way to dinner. His team-mate Alexandre Premat had topped qualifying, and I’d used the staggeringly unoriginal press release headline of “Premat Powers to Pole.”
“Why don’t I ever “power” to anything?” he pointedly sneered as he walked past.
I looked up, trying to figure out what he was talking about. Then it hit, and I wondered why he was being so petty. The headline was simple alliteration. I had probably or would probably use “Rosberg Reigns” at some point of the season on the back of one of his wins. It was just Nico being typical Nico.
“Dick!” I whispered under my breath, just loud enough for him to hear.
Later that night, I needed to talk to his then-PR guy Karsten Streng and hopped into the ART truck to find him.
“Karsten, can we have a chat?”
Out from behind his race overalls jumped Nico.
“Oh, so you don’t want to speak to me then? Huh? What’s that all about? You’d rather speak to Karsten than to me?”
I turned on my heels and walked out.
Karsten ran after me.
“Will, man, you can’t let that get to you. You know he’s only joking, right? Just fire it straight back at him. He’ll love it. He’s really a fun guy… honestly. But if you don’t give it back to him he’ll think he’s got the high ground. He loves a challenge.”
The next day Nico sent some pithy comment my way, so I turned around, flipped him the bird and winked. “Fuck you Rosberg.”
He looked taken aback. I broke out in a cold sweat. This was not behavior becoming of the championship’s press officer. Had I just managed to ruin any relationship I might have had with the man destined to be our first champion?
A smile broke across his face, and we never had a cross word again. Indeed, we started to get on really well. At the end of the season I received a package to my home, from Monaco. In it was an ART team shirt, signed by Nico, thanking me for my support. I had it framed, and it remains one of my most treasured pieces of memorabilia from my career in racing.
GP2 Series Champion 2005
GP2 Media Service
Nico was the most savvy driver I ever worked with. Stepping down from the podium after winning the GP2 title, he spoke to the awaiting press in turn, each in their own language. I’d only ever seen him in individual language press briefings, and to see him utilise such cool and calm intelligence so soon after the elation of what was at the time the most meaningful moment of his career left me astounded.
But therein lies the deepest issue with Nico Rosberg. He isn’t just smart. He’s the sort of smart that makes the rest of us question if we’re quite as clever as we thought we were. And at times it can be his undoing.
I’d seen his intelligence and need for the high ground cause him trouble time and time again in interviews, even in the GP2 days. The interviewer would sit down, all smiles, ready to start the conversation. But Nico, fearful of being on the back foot, would fire retorts and wrestle control of the interview back into his own hands. He would put the interviewer at ill ease in order to make himself feel more comfortable with the situation. What resulted was a terrible interview, and the prevailing opinion of Rosberg being precisely the one I’d drawn when first we met: that he was cocky and arrogant. When I came back to journalism in 2008 I had booked a sit down with him at Williams and for the first 2 minutes of the interview, that’s exactly how he was: back against the wall, stand-offish, arrogant, unlikable. I switched off the Dictaphone and asked him if he was going to carry on being a prick or if we could do this properly. He looked sheepish, apologised, and we picked back up with what ended up being a great interview.
But his pace… his pace has always been undeniable. In his debut F1 race, at the scene of his GP2 title win, he had to take a new front wing at the end of the first lap but fought through the field in an unfancied Williams and scored points. He sat on the second row in only his second F1 weekend in Malaysia. But after a while, all of that burgeoning incredible pace and talent seemed to stagnate. Folk within Williams would talk about Nico “switching off” or “going to sleep” in the middle of races. Just when they needed him to be on it, he wouldn’t be. That infamous moment in Singapore 2008 when he crossed the pit exit line denied him and the team a possible win. But his pace that weekend had already caused many to ask if the German hadn’t indeed been holding back all season, and that it was only there in Singapore, when he allowed that veil to slip, that we’d seen the real pace of the car. Of course, he’d already been on the podium with his old karting team-mate and soon-to-be F1 team-mate Lewis Hamilton at the season opener in Melbourne. Their embrace still sticks in the memory. But then the pace of the car just disappeared. Why?
When Rosberg joined Mercedes, the eagle-eyed will have spotted that the regular gaps Nico stood ahead of his new team-mate, statistically the greatest driver who ever lived, were not so different to the advantage he held over his one-time Williams co-pilot Kazuki Nakajima. Are we to infer from that the seemingly incongruous suggestion that Kazuki Nakajima was as fast as Michael Schumacher? Or do we draw what can surely be the only realistic conclusion? Namely, that Rosberg was holding back in the Williams in an attempt to display to the world a huge talent going to waste in an under-par car.
Nico leads Michael… as he often did
Korea 2012
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All of which led to a question often asked: is Nico Rosberg too smart for his own good?
It’s a question that has come back again this year.
Many will point to Monaco as a stand-out point of the season. I always felt Rosberg was smart enough to pull off that stunt in qualifying, but I never believed he was that cynical or cold. To be a world champion takes more than intelligence and speed. As I argued over Multi-21 last year, while we may hate to admit it, what marks the champions out from the also-rans is the ability to be a complete bastard when the moment arrives. In Monaco, Nico was the bastard and turned that qualifying controversy into a race win that had the ability to completely shift the tide of the season.
That it didn’t, however, is his own doing.
Lewis Hamilton is widely regarded as one of the best qualifiers in modern Formula 1. And yet, with a dominantly fast car at his disposal, he has lost the Pole Trophy to Nico Rosberg, the German amassing 10 poles to Hamilton’s seven. That metronomic precision has played into the Rosberg’s hands on many occasions this season, and more often than not it has given him the upper hand going into the race. On Saturdays at least, Rosberg has proved beyond doubt that he has the pace. But he hasn’t turned that Saturday pace on regularly enough in Sunday’s race.
Mentally, what happened in Budapest was also a tremendous shock. Hungary should never have affected him as much as it did. Perhaps it all comes down to how much brain capacity we consider Nico Rosberg as having, but that August break should have been used to move on from what he perceived as injustice, and start the second half of the season fresh and with total clarity of mind. Rosberg used all of that mindfulness, however, to focus on the negatives and came back to Spa with it still playing on his mind.
Lap 2, Belgian GP 2014
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That incident on lap 2 of the 2014 Belgian Grand Prix has been poured over to frankly ridiculous degrees. To me, it was a nothing moment. Rosberg could have backed out, Hamilton could have given more room. That both went into it so pathetically ultimately resulted in the damage it did. If Rosberg had truly wanted to teach Hamilton a lesson then he should have gone in hard. That he didn’t is the only reason that Hamilton’s tyre was sliced. Any intent, and Rosberg would have snapped his front wing, bouncing it off the side of the Briton’s tyre. Hamilton would have stormed off into the distance while Rosberg was forced to switch his wing.
I argued at the time that Rosberg needed to embrace one side or the other. He needed to be a hero or a villain, because if he was neither, he risked becoming nothing. And so it emerged after the race that he had told Hamiton he had allowed the impact to happen. A step towards becoming that villain? Perhaps, but it wasn’t enough. And that’s the big sadness of his season. He has been so fast and so consistent, but his inability to pick a side and his attempts at being all things to all people has led to him being left wide open to attack from all sides.
Rosberg talks to the Press
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The way he interacts with broadcast crews is an incredible illustration of this. In Monza, in speaking with me on American television he spoke in confident and unashamed tones despite his apparent dressing down by the team over Spa. With the Germans he was the same… almost bullish. And then to the British TV and radio crews, his shoulders slumped forward, his head bowed down, his tone was full of contrition and regret. What he was saying was no different to what he had told the German or international crews, but the way it was said was at total odds with how he had been just 10 seconds before.
Just as in Bahrain at that GP2 finale 10 years ago, I stood in awe. So savvy, so intelligent to his audience… but perhaps, in this instance, a reflection of him trying to be just that little bit too smart.
The thing is, he can be so charming too. He has a dry and sarcastic wit, which can sometimes be played out with a deft finesse. In America and Brazil, he started to have a very subtle jab at his championship rival by adopting Lewis Hamilton’s apparent mot du jour. In almost every interview, Rosberg would drop in a little comment about how “blessed” he felt. Shrewd. Subtle. At times, however, he can be a total child. In Hungary this year I was running from my commentary position to the GP3 podium to conduct the post race interviews. Time is tight at the best of times, but when I arrived at the swipe gates I felt an arm around my waist pulling me back. At first I thought it was an over-zealous security guard. But no. It was Nico, giggling away with a huge grin plastered across his face.
Playing the fool
Hungary 2014
Nico Rosberg’s victories have been well won in 2014, Brazil standing as a perfect example of just how wonderfully he can put a weekend together when he puts his mind to it. I would put his ability to nurse his car home in Canada as one of his stand-out moments of the season. But they have been too infrequent. Just five wins from ten pole positions does not reflect well on the German. In wheel to wheel combat with his team-mate, he is yet to come out on top. He was roundly beaten in Bahrain when it was he that was on the optimal strategy and on the better tyres. He choked in Monza. He choked in Russia. He claimed that in Austin he just “wasn’t on it,” which I still hold to be one of the most shocking admissions I’ve ever heard from a man in the midst of the fight for something to which he has dedicated his entire life.
Overall, there have been times this year when it has seemed that the Nico Rosberg of 2014 has been that same Nico Rosberg of the Williams years… doing just enough, perhaps hoping that consistency will hand him the title in the event that the unreliability which took the very first race away from his team-mate and placed it before him, may just repeat at the very final race to put that world championship into his hands. As many have pointed out, given that his old man managed to win the crown with just one race win to his name why should Nico regard winning a championship via consistency to be anything other than virtuous? It’s a fair question.
Should he be crowned 2014 Formula 1 world champion, be it through double points or, let’s hope, a barn-storming wheel-to-wheel thriller, some will still argue that Nico Rosberg does not deserve to be world champion. With them, however, I would disagree. Lest we forget, this is the only man who, over the course of a full Formula 1 season, finished ahead of Michael Schumacher as a team-mate. As if to reinforce the point, Rosberg achieved this giant toppling feat not once, but thrice.
His out-and-out pace in qualifying this year has been insurmountable. That he has won the inaugural Pole Trophy is evidence of that. So we know he has the pace, we know he has the temperament to win races, and we know that on occasion he can embrace his inner bastard and drive with the ruthlessness that sets world champions apart.
Nico Rosberg has shown repeatedly in 2014 that he possesses the attributes shared by the best of the best. We should not deny him his glory should he be confirmed as such on Sunday.
Nico Rosberg
2014 Formula 1 World Champion?
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Tomorrow… Lewis Hamilton.
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Wow, that is an excellent write-up.
I have to admit that in many ways I like Nico. His team-up with Lewis is very much like Prost and Senna (some people hate that comparison but I believe it is 100% true, and as years go by there will be a better perspective to look back and it will be quite clear).
They contrast each other very well (no pun intended) so their up- and downsides show excellently.
What happened in Monaco and at Spa was largely blown out of proportion IMHO (I did not consider the latter one more than a racing incident – the allegations that he purposely went to knock out Lewis is absolutely bonkers, there was a smaller chance of Nico NOT crashing out).
But then both “villain” Prost and “hero” Senna were bastards in their own way as well, that’s why people tune in. Schumacher was a complete bastard as well, but then everyone was jumping out of their seats years later when he scored that (revoked) P1 in Monaco with the Merc.
I’ll be very much interested to read about Lewis as well.
lewis is prost lol the irony
Indeed
Hi Will,
I’d love to hear your justification for the claim that Lewis is “statistically the greatest driver who ever lived”.
Thanks,
Rodney
I’d love to know how the words Michael Schumacher look like the words Lewis Hamilton.
Oh, I’m sorry. You didn’t actually use the words Michael Schumacher in the passage that I’m referring to though – just “his Mercedes team-mate”. My mistake.
I read it the same, mistaken way the first time, too, Rodney!
This is my first-world problem with Will. I can never decide if I want to high-five him for being awesome (like giving Nico the finger) or kick him in the nuts for over reacting to a fan’s question.
Square kick, straight to the nuts.
ZING! Will has the ruthlessness to be the champion!
Statistically maybe not, but turkey 2006.what a race!!
Great inside article, it has enlighten me a bit more on Nico. I was always troubled when the other Nico (Hulkenberg) was asked who he preferred to be WC and he said Lewis, and not Nico who is also German and if I’m not wrong they were team mates. Well maybe is because the second Nico knows well the first Nico and he just doesn’t like him.
Will bookmark this site is good.
One of the best pieces of sports journalism I have ever read. Can’t wait for LH tomorrow!
I agree. That was an absolutely fantastic read.
Great read. An excellent start to my day.
Excellent article as always Will. But, ‘double points make no difference’ ?
Great piece Will. Too many words for my tastes though. Distill it down to three sentences.
They don’t, in a sense that this WDC fight would still have gone to the last race even without them, that’s what Will meant I think
Nice, Will. And absolutely spot-on re. his dealings with the press. Some of those early anecdotes of yours sound very, very familiar …
Thanks Will,
F1 puts to little effort in giving us a look at the character of the drivers. I enjoy having your open the blinds and let us get a peek at men behind the helmets.
Hi Will,
what a lovely article.
I am huge Nico fan, already since 2002. And since then he is my number 1 driver. So when I started to read your article and when you described him as arrogant. I automaticly shoot in defense mode because ‘that’s not how I see my number 1’. But then I read further and started to see what you mean. And it also made me think about one of my other hero’s Mika Hakkinen. How Mika had a time in his career when Mika seemed to have some kind of wall standing when he was giving interviews, just to protect himself, but once he got to know the other person he would loosen up and you could see the humor of Mika.
i think this sometimes also applies for Nico, he sometimes looks to be thinking a lot of what he is saying, always trying to be political correct, to be a team player, to be a bit reserved. Amd becayse of that looking to be a bit arrogant, maybe not thrusting others.
I think you may have a point there that Nico is indeed very smart, the fact he almost went to the university to study engineering also shows that. But that indeed he sometimes thinks too much.
I absolutely know for certain that he is a brilliant driver, that he can win a championship. I have always believed that. I always have known that he is the better driver than many people think he is.
Not many people saw how good Nico was and saw his potential when he was faster then his teammates, like Schumacher.
I, for one, am really happy to see that this season more people start to see how good Nico really is. Because I believe in him.
So what I really wanted to say, is that I loved reading your insight. Where I started with a silly ‘no way I dont believe that’ defense. I totally started to understand what you wrote. How you saw Nico and how you see him now. And how you described him as the smart and thinking racer he really is. I hope that with this article more people will realise how great a driver Nico is. And no matter what happens this weekend, no matter who will win. And I really believe both drivers deserve it (although I obviously I hope for Nico to win it). I really believe Nico can be really proud of what he has achieved not only this season but in his career. He has climbed up and learn a lot. I already am extremely proud of him and will always believe in him.
again thanks for the lovely article.
oh and while I am at it, I will totally miss your brilliant commentary at the gp2 and gp3.
I thoroughly enjoyed the article about one of my favorite drivers. AND, Wendy said everything that was on my mind as well so I will leave it at that. GO Nico, Thanks Norris
Thank you a wonderfully insightful article…nicely written. Looking forward to the LH one tomorrow…please do NOT distill to three sentences!
Great piece Will!
Another word for having intelligence and making others feel they are not might be condescension. Nico’s statements are always “nice” but they have that undertone. I hadn’t really been able to put my finger on it. Your piece illuminated that for me.
Great read, Will. It’s nice to hear that Rosberg is *not* the toolbox he seems to be sometimes from our armchairs. 🙂
I hope you have some insightful Lewis stories to share as well when you post your Hamilton article tomorrow. Looking forward to it!
Reblogged this on the SNUFALUFAGUS.
What romanticised bollocks that is Will.
insightful, full of fact-supported arguments your comment isn’t
GREAT article! An amazing insight into Rosberg. I would have to argue that double points do play a big role. Hamilton has to finish second if Rosberg wins. Without double points, he could finish 6th (8 points) and still win it all. Let’s hope it will be a clean race!
Will, I think you need to check your stats again….
Nico has only won 3 out of his 10 poles. His other 2 wins came at Australia and Austria and the last I checked, it was Lewis and Massa who took the pole. Here’s one more stat to add, he has yet to win consecutive races, something that even Ricciardo was able to do in his underpowered Redbull.
So you’re still of the assumption that Lewis could’ve left him more room at Spa? This after all the analysis from Anthony Davidson, who showed using all the teams GPS tracker, that Lewis took the same racing line that everyone used that weekend. Seb tried the same move and he backed out when he realised it would lead to contact. So based on that comment, it seems you think Lewis is partially to be blamed for what happened.
Too much praise is being given to Nico, especially when he hasn’t done anything of note to warrant it. His lead in the championship was built solely on his teammate having all manner of mechanical problems, had that not been the case, the championship might already have been won.
You talk about how wonderful his drive was in Brazil, oh please, he got lucky and we all know it. He had a 7 second lead and then saw it whittled down to nothing and spent the remainder of the race staring in his mirror.
So cut out the bromance! Nico should be glad Lewis is his teammate, because now he’s getting tv coverage and people like you are now all of a sudden in awe of him and his ability to speak how many different languages that somehow makes him uber intelligent. This is the most he has been talked about since he came into th sport in 06.
Thank you!!!
you dont take the normal racing line unless youre clear to do so
This was fantastic! Thank you so much Will for the insight, we can’t read stuff like this anywhere else!
Amazing. Thanks for this great article!
Awful journalism but at least you have the guts to admit it.
Interesting article Will, well worth reading.
One small typo that I spotted: “That incident on lap 2 of the 2014 Belgian Grand Prix has been poured over to frankly ridiculous degrees.” – it’s “pored” of course.
” …. His out-and-out pace in qualifying this year has been insurmountable. That he has won the inaugural Pole Trophy is evidence of that. … ”
Sorry, but I don’t agree.
Take away Rosberg’s questionable Monaco pole; take away the impact that had on Lewis for the next few races; and also take account of the reasons for Lewis not qualifying well in Austria, Britain, Germany and Hungary; – and then you can judge whether Rosberg deserved his Pole Trophy.
Otherwise a great article, and you have confirmed what I always thought of Rosberg – he is devious and an arrogant so & so.
I agree.
Fascinating article and an extremely candid perspective on Rosberg’s formative years, a great read as an F1 fan. I began tracking Rosberg when Schumacher made his comeback in 2010. What quickly became apparent was that Rosberg’s consistency and qualifying pace was second to none in F1, as has been proven vs Hamilton. However, once Schumacher had build the car around him in 2012 Schumi was back to his best, P4 in Australia quali, P3 in Malaysia quali, P2 in China quali and Pole at Monaco at 43 years old! Had it not been for reliability Schumacher would have been leading the World Championship by Canada, but it wasnt to be…
Nevertheless, it was clear that Rosberg was seriously underestimated by the media due to Schumacher’s “loss” in ability due to age… In fact Hamilton and Schumcaher were on par according to Rosberg after Hamilton joined in 2013 and Rosberg’s speed is right up there with the best as has been shown over the course of his Mercedes career.
Whoever wins the championship this year spare a thought for both Schumcaher and Brawn who were integral to the composition and formation of this championship winning team.
Great article and great analysis. Towards the end I feel that you contradict yourself by saying that you believe both drivers deserve the win but Rosberg’s admission of not bring on it in Austin was one of the most shocking you have heard. Im a massive LH fan (driver, not necessarily person) so admittedly massively biased, but cannot get on board with your reasoning of why Rosberg deserves this title because of his performance in past seasons. Rosberg hasnt demonstrated that hunger to win on race day which is why I think it would be unfortunate if he won this weekend. Bloody looking forward to the race though
Will, how long did it take you to write this? 45min? (first draft, no photo searching or date checking – just the prose composition)
Great stuff…really great.
Churn out profiles like this of 18 more drivers, paste em w/ photos b/w two hard covers and that’s a second book I’ll buy.
Yes he sure did finish ahead of his team-mate Schumacher, but as people liked to overlook then and still overlook now: that was a Rosberg in the prime age of his career, being at least as physically fit as Schumacher was at that age (and unlike Schumacher, who was pretty much the first to put an emphasis on physical fitness in order to be a more competitive racer, Rosberg does triathlons on the side forcryingoutloud), versus a Schumacher who came out of retirement and was tackling that nasty age of 40. Anyone who thinks that at this kind of age you can still be on the same competitive F1 level as the young’uns is seriously mistaken.
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Rosberg has made too many unforced errors throughout his career to make that final step up to the top. The first I remember was a huge accident in 2008 at the Monaco GP. As you said in the article, there are times when he it appears he drives on autopilot and when he attempts to up the pace, the errors occur. He’s also been easy meat for the great overtakers, Hamilton, Alonso and Raikkonen. If the other teams get closer to the Mercedes performance next year, I can’t see him being able to hold off the likes of Bottas and Ricciardo, when it comes to wheel to wheel combat.
This year may well have been Rosberg’s one and only chance to win the big prize – he was found wanting.
PS – thanks for the in depth article. We don’t get many of this quality for free and for all I know, much of the paid stuff isn’t up to a lot.
It seems from this and the boos this year that good looking, rich, clever and German Rosberg is just as much victim of prejudice and discrimination as Hamilton, maybe even more. The sad part is Rosberg trying to please his bullies..