Does Nico Rosberg’s 6-Race Win Streak Prove He Can Beat Lewis Hamilton in 2016?

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Published: April 17, 2016

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It almost seems to be turning into a routine for Nico Rosberg—another race, another win. The Mercedes driver won his sixth straight Formula One race on Sunday at the Chinese Grand Prix, extending his lead in the championship to 36 points over his team-mate, Lewis Hamilton.

And what to make of Hamilton, who has not stood on the top step of the podium since last October, at the U.S. Grand Prix? His results this season are trending in the wrong direction, as he finished second in Australia, third in Bahrain and now seventh in China.

Are Hamilton's recent results merely part of the normal ebbs and flows of grand prix racing, or has some complacency crept in after back-to-back championships? Or perhaps it is all just bad luck.



From the beginning of the 2014 season to Hamilton's title-clinching race in Austin, Texas, last year, the Brit won 21 of 35 grands prix. Rosberg won eight.

Hamilton followed Rosberg home at the final three races of 2015, but those could almost be written off as meaningless, given the championship was already decided.

"I didn't do what I had to do to win the championship because I already had won the championship," Hamilton explained to the official F1 website. "If you fight for the championship you have to bring that extra five or ten percent—after I had bagged the title I didn't need that anymore. I used my energy elsewhere."

This year, Hamilton qualified on pole at the first two races, but poor starts compromised him both times. In Australia, Rosberg pushed him wide at the first corner, demonstrating the tenacity and self-confidence that were usually Hamilton's calling cards when the team-mates went wheel-to-wheel over the last two years.

In Bahrain, Valtteri Bottas slammed into Hamilton at the start, but had the Brit gotten off the line as quickly as Rosberg, he would not have been anywhere near Bottas.

Finally, Hamilton's wee...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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