3 Drivers with Most to Prove Following 2015 Formula 1 Season

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Published: December 14, 2015

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Formula One careers are often short and unpredictable. Even the best drivers on the grid cannot say for sure where they will be two or three years into the future, and every single one of them goes into each new season knowing he has some kind of point to prove.

Lewis Hamilton has to show he's hungry for more titles after chalking up his third world championship. Sebastian Vettel needs to prove that 2014, not 2015, was the blip in his recent career.

Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button must demonstrate that age is no barrier to future success, Max Verstappen will be keen to hone his skills further and Carlos Sainz Jr. won't want others to beat him for a second season in a row.

But some drivers have a little more to prove than the rest. Some will know their future at a top team is hanging by a thread; others will be going all-out to prove they deserve an opportunity higher up the grid.

And a significant percentage of the field will be battling just to keep one of the coveted 22 seats at the pinnacle of single-seater motorsports.

We've picked out three men who, for a variety of reasons, will be under a little bit more pressure than most when the 2016 season kicks off in March.

 

Nico Rosberg



Nico Rosberg won the final three races of 2015 and took the last six pole positions, but over the course of the year, Hamilton, his team-mate, outclassed him.

The start of the season was especially one-sided. The world champion took 11 pole positions in the opening 13 races and won seven times. By the time the chequered flag fell in Singapore, Rosberg had been the quicker Mercedes driver on just two occasions—at the Spanish Grand Prix in May and the Austrian Grand Prix in June.

The post-Singapore points gap of 41 points flattered Rosberg—he hadn't been anywhere near that close to Hamilton.

The German's form improved dramatic...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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