Nico Rosberg’s thoughtful style can upset Lewis Hamilton’s F1 title hopes | Paul Weaver
The German’s intelligence, solid work ethic – not to mention the double points on offer – can help to upset his Mercedes team-mate at the F1 season finale in Abu Dhabi• Hamilton’s form shows he has come of age
In the nervous breakdown that is the current state of Formula One, Nico Rosberg is a reassuring presence even though Lewis Hamilton supporters might not see it quite like that. For a brief time, after the Monaco Grand Prix in May and again after Spa in August, Hamilton fans placed his Mercedes team-mate somewhere between Beelzebub and Lucifer – with a dash of the Red Baron thrown in. And nothing unites people quite like a common enemy.
That level of enmity is difficult to sustain, for in some ways Rosberg, the one man who might prevent Hamilton form winning a deserved second Formula One world championship here on Sunday, is the most impressive driver on the grid. Thanks to the over-generous double points on offer at the Yas Marina circuit, if Hamilton fails to finish the race, fifth would be good enough for the German to take the title.
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