Nico Rosberg Can’t Rebound from Retirement in 2014 Singapore Grand Prix

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Published: September 22, 2014

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For the first 10 and a bit races of the 2014 Formula One season, things couldn't have gone better for Nico Rosberg.

The German kicked off the campaign with a dominant win in Australia, before hanging onto the coattails of Lewis Hamilton, his world championship rival, throughout the British driver's career-best winning streak of four races between the Malaysian and Spanish grands prix.



Although he showed slight signs of strain during his Mercedes teammate's winning run, Rosberg regained the initiative in qualifying in Monaco, which sparked a streak of his own: four podium finishes—including three wins—over the next five grands prix.

The last of which, in Hockenheim, was his first victory on home soil and completed a perfect week for the 29-year-old which included Germany's win over Argentina in the FIFA World Cup final, the confirmation of a new long-term contract with Mercedes and his marriage to his long-term girlfriend.



Life, at that point, was pretty good for Rosberg, who left the German Grand Prix with a 14-point advantage over Hamilton in the drivers' championship.

The feel-good factor was carried into the next round, the Hungarian Grand Prix, where Rosberg set another comfortable pole position before marching into the distance, seemingly on his way to yet another comfortable win.

And then the safety car came out.

Since then, the campaign has never quite been the same for Rosberg.

He was visibly and audibly upset by Hamilton's refusal of Mercedes instructions to let the recovering German through at the Hungaroring.



Despite a month away from the action—in the form of the traditional summer break—presenting an opportunity for Rosberg to flush away any ill-feeling, he returned to the paddock at Spa with the persona of an angry young man, making the mistake of hitting Hamilton at Les Combes before...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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