Nico Rosberg and Valtteri Bottas Score Much-Needed Results at Mexican Grand Prix

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Published: November 2, 2015

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On Sunday, Formula One returned to Mexico City for the first time in 23 years. The race, on a revamped Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, produced a familiar result—a Mercedes victory—but it was not Lewis Hamilton who took the win.

Instead, after Hamilton clinched his third world championship last weekend in Texas, his team-mate, Nico Rosberg, won from pole in Mexico. And although Rosberg's first victory in more than four months was one race too late to stave off Hamilton's title celebrations, it came not a moment too soon for the German.

With Hamilton's back-to-back titles, Rosberg has become the de facto No. 2 driver at Mercedes, even if the team would never say as much. Now, he needs to start rebuilding his confidence for a renewed challenge next season, and the victory in Mexico is a good start.



Another man long overdue for a headline-grabbing, confidence-boosting result was Williams' Valtteri Bottas. In the first 15 races last year, the Finn tallied five podiums and 145 points en route to a fourth-place finish in the drivers' championship. It seemed only a matter of time until his first F1 victory, but we are still waiting.

After the same number of races in 2015, heading into Mexico, Bottas had 111 points, one podium (third in Canada) and sat fifth in the points table.

Bottas qualified just sixth on the grid for Sunday's race, surprisingly behind both Red Bulls, but he turned a very early and very late pit-stop strategy into a strong third-place finish behind the two Silver Arrows.

At the front, Rosberg was never really challenged by Hamilton, who shot down any speculation that perhaps he wasn't as motivated after clinching the title, saying, per a team press release:

I was pushing so hard, giving absolutely everything that I had, and I think I had more pace than Nico. But, unfortunately, you can't really follow another car here. The closer and closer you ge...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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