Nico Rosberg, Lewis Hamilton Should Finally Have a Straight Fight in Japanese GP

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Published: September 26, 2015

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At this stage of the season, it no longer matters how Nico Rosberg gets the job done.

With six races remaining and just 150 points to play for in his increasingly futile efforts to overturn the 41-point advantage held by Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton in the drivers' standings, winning ugly has emerged as an adequate alternative to losing stylishly.

The pursuit of near-perfect balance, the flawless qualifying lap and the impeccably choreographed race performance is now secondary for Formula One's prized perfectionist, who has "nothing to lose," as he told Sky Sports' Mike Wise. 



His only priority, as he faces the prospect of a second successive championship defeat to a man with identical machinery, is simply to place his car in front of Hamilton's as often as possible and to hope for the best.

With that in mind, the nature of his pole position ahead of Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix will rank alongside Monaco 2014—where his late off-track adventure led to a yellow-flag period, preventing his rivals from improving their lap times—as one of the sweetest of his career.

After the first runs of Q3 at Suzuka, Rosberg had an advantage of 0.076 seconds over Hamilton, per the official F1 website. The reigning champion had endured a relatively untidy lap, suffering from a bout of oversteer on the exit of Degner 2 before locking up his front-left brakes at the following corner as well as the final chicane.



Hamilton later suggested his second effort would have been more than good enough for his 11th pole of the season, telling Sky Sports' Pete Gill: "That final lap had started so well—I was already a tenth and a half up by turn seven and getting excited."

But Daniil Kvyat's crash, and the subsequent red flags, meant his lap had to be aborted and Rosberg's pole was secure. It marked only his second pole...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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