Breaking Down What Nico Rosberg Must Do to Get F1 Title Challenge Back on Track

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Published: August 9, 2016

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It was, as ever, Martin Brundle who called it right.

The champagne was only just beginning to dry on the Russian Grand Prix podium when the Sky Sports television pundit, armed with a microphone, marched onto the balcony and toward the race-winner.

"Congratulations!" he told Nico Rosberg as he accepted a handshake that, whether he liked it or not, quickly morphed into a borderline man hug.

"Wow, the man who can't stop winning! Seven in a row. Only three other drivers in the history of Formula One have done that: Alberto Ascari, the great Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel and now..."

And then a pause. Only a slight pause, only a faint pause, but a pause just long enough to have the desired effect.



"And now you," he added, flicking his arm in Rosberg's direction. "Well done."

As the man of the moment droned on about his latest "awesome weekend" and thanked the local crowd for staying awake during Mercedes' latest one-two finish, Brundle had once again conveyed what the watching world was thinking: that Rosberg's start to the 2016 season was too good—far too good—to be true.

How, after all, had a driver who was comprehensively beaten to the world championship by Lewis Hamilton in each of the last two years managed to establish a lead of 43 points in just four races? How had someone of his calibre managed to displace Sir Stirling Moss as the most frequent race-winner never to win the title?

And just how had he—of all people—come within striking distance of equalling the tally for the most consecutive grand prix victories, a record that stood untouched for six decades but was in danger of being matched twice in under three years?

After stepping from the Sochi Autodrom podium, Rosberg admitted he was as surprised as anyone to begin 2016 exactly how he ended 2015, describing how four consecutive wins was "not some...
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