Nico Rosberg Produces Plucky Performance to Win the 2014 Brazilian Grand Prix

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Published: November 9, 2014

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Where did that come from?

Just seven days ago, Nico Rosberg looked for all the world like a beaten man standing on the second step of the United States Grand Prix beneath Lewis Hamilton, his Mercedes team-mate and 2014 championship rival, who in stark contrast looked to have the world at his feet.

Hamilton, in winning at the Circuit of the Americas, had just established a personal-best record of five consecutive victories—overtaking Nigel Mansell, the 1992 world champion—to become the most successful British driver of all time in terms of race wins and, most significantly, to extend his lead over Rosberg in the drivers' standings to 24 points.



The German, having squandered the race win only 24 hours after setting a convincing pole position, seemed unable to escape the Hamilton trap, finding his championship challenge blunted and his confidence eroded by the consistent, wearying brilliance of the man on the other side of the garage.

Whatever Nico would do, Lewis would respond. No matter what question was asked, there would always be an answer.

With such a short turnaround between the Austin event and the Brazilian Grand Prix, the chances of Rosberg flushing the negativity of that five-race run out of his system, overturning the form book and providing an answer of his own were slim to say the least—but remarkably it is exactly what he did.

The former Williams driver had spoken of changes to his approach in the lead-up to the race at Interlagos, telling Sky Sports' Pete Gill on Saturday:

I know what l need to improve, I didn’t find my rhythm in Austin. Anyway, it’s a different situation here with a different track and we’ve done a lot of long runs. We've practiced a lot more for the race this weekend, including this morning in Practice Three, and I was feeling comfortable.

That recaptured rhythm and renewed sense of co...
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