Nico Rosberg, back in the championship lead, is bidding to extend his winning streak this weekend with a maiden victory in Sunday’s Malaysian Grand Prix
Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg does a thumbs up during a meet and greet session ahead of the Malaysian Grand Prix on Tuesday. Pic/AP
Kuala Lumpur: Nico Rosberg, back in the championship lead, is bidding to extend his winning streak this weekend with a maiden victory in Sunday’s Malaysian Grand Prix. The German vaulted back to the top of the standings with a clear eight points lead ahead of Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton following his win in the Singapore Grand Prix a fortnight ago.
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Singapore did Nico good
That triumph, on a weekend when Hamilton put on an uncharacteristically error-riddled display, was his third in a row with the 31-year-old also winning the preceding races in Belgium and Italy.
Never has Rosberg been so strong in the second half of the year. The manner of his Singapore win, with the German holding an edge over Hamilton throughout the weekend, marked a return to form after a lacklustre middle part of the season.
The Singapore win was also his eighth of the season. No driver has ever failed to take the title after scoring eight or more wins in a season and Rosberg heads into Sunday’s race looking like a much stronger contender for the title than he did heading into Formula One’s annual August summer break.
Lewis banks on momentum
But in Hamilton he faces a formidable rival. The Briton overturned a 43-point deficit to Rosberg following May’s Spanish Grad Prix and opened up a 19-point lead over his rival heading into the break with a streak of six wins from seven races.
He will be counting on stringing together a similar run of results to shift the momentum in the title battle back in his favour starting with a 50th career win on Sunday. While the spotlight will be on the title tussle between Hamilton and Rosberg, their Mercedes team look set to wrap their third straight constructors’ championship.
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