Has the 2016 Formula 1 Season Been Too Predictable?

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Published: May 8, 2016

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The Russian Grand Prix was the fourth race of the 2016 Formula One season, and Nico Rosberg has won them all. With nearly one-fifth of the season now in the rearview mirror—and despite Rosberg's apparent dominance—there is a surprising lack of clarity at the top of the standings.

It seems the only thing we know about this championship is that we still don't really know anything.

Rosberg has driven well and is now on a seven-race winning streak, dating back to last year, but he has not really been challenged yet. His Mercedes team-mate, Lewis Hamilton, the preseason title favourite, has had nothing but bad luck and an unreliable car. He now trails Rosberg by 43 points. 

Meanwhile, Ferrari and Sebastian Vettel were widely expected to challenge the Silver Arrows this year after two seasons of Mercedes dominance. That has not happened so far, but car problems and Daniil Kvyat problems (real or, in the case of the Chinese Grand Prix, imagined) have also plagued Scuderia.



At the last race, in Russia, Rosberg once again ran away with the victory—but only after Hamilton had a problem with his energy recovery system (as he did in China), forcing him to start from 10th place. He eventually recovered to second and began to reel in Rosberg, who was cruising at the front. However, a water-pressure problem ended Hamilton's charge and opened the conspiracy-theory floodgates.

It is easy to say Rosberg has not yet had to fight off a full-strength challenge from Hamilton, but in the end, it won't matter. The record books do not place asterisks next to victories because this driver broke down, or that one had a first-lap collision.

Despite spending most of the Sochi race by himself, Rosberg still looked sharp at the end. On the second-to-last lap, he set the fastest lap of the race at one minute, 39.094 seconds on tyres that were 30-laps old. Williams' Felipe Massa set the ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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