Nico rosberg 2015

The corner had seen a race-stopping accident involving The second session on Thursday afternoon saw considerably less running than the first. In the race, Nico Rosberg took his third consecutive win at Monaco, second win of the season, and the tenth of his career, while Revisions to the Tabac corner at the harbour section of the race track meant that the drivers now entered the turn slightly earlier, shortening the track by 3 metres (9.8 ft) compared to previous years, and making the corner slightly tighter and slower. He was on course for one at Singapore before making a mistake on his way out of the pits and incurring a penalty.The mistake was atypical of what was otherwise an impressive campaign by Rosberg. © Sutton Motorsport Images He followed it up with second place in Monaco and chances for better finishes had been in the offing at Melbourne and Bahrain, only for him to make errors during qualifying.But the team’s form fell as the season progresses and Rosberg’s chances of further podium finishes went along with it. Rosberg’s final defeat came in particularly galling circumstances: having taken the lead in a frantic, wet-dry race at the Circuit of the Americas, a late slip allowed Hamilton through to win the race and the title.Rosberg, however, had already begun to turn his season around. His run was almost derailed in Malaysia, where Vettel tipped him into a spin at the start. "Hamilton won the title in 2014 despite qualifying behind his team-mate more often than not, passing Rosberg on track a number of times to take 11 wins to the German's five.But Rosberg believes that Hamilton's run of 11 poles in 12 races at the start of this season was the key to the Briton's third championship, in which he won 10 of the first 16 races before Rosberg's late run of form. "That was not a good day, and then Lewis celebrating the championship on that day, not fun." Rosberg’s ninth victory of the season in Japan put him in a strong position heading into the final four races.Hamilton unleashed a fresh onslaught in the championship run-in, taking a clean sweep of all the remaining races. Nico Rosberg recorded provisional pole on his first outing, a quarter of a second in front of teammate Toro Rosso were delighted with their result, even though At the start of the race, Lewis Hamilton did not get away well, having to yield second place to Sebastian Vettel while also coming under pressure from Valtteri Bottas. The 2015 Monaco Grand Prix, formally known as the Grand Prix de Monaco 2015, was a Formula One motor race that was held on 24 May 2015 at the Circuit de Monaco, a street circuit that runs through the principality of Monaco. But Rosberg fought back to third place while a power unit failure put Hamilton out while he was leading.

A string of decisive wins while Rosberg struggled, notably in wet races in Monaco and Britain, helped Hamilton to a 19-point lead.Rosberg returned from the summer break with renewed energy. "I just need to find some more pace.

But even when it was changed the ART pair remained the quickest.Rosberg took the lead of the championship from Kovalainen with three races to go and hung on to win by 15 points with five wins and a total of 12 podium finishes.

Lewis Hamilton vs Nico Rosberg 2015. In Belgium he clipped Hamilton while battling for position, giving his team mate a puncture which ruined his race, while Rosberg collected a useful 18 points for second place.However when the chequered flag fell on the season Rosberg readily admitted his team mate’s championship was well-earned.Rosberg rarely looked likely to take Hamilton’s title away from him during 2015. It's just not being quick enough. His karting career was backed by his father and in 2000 Rosberg Snr used his Mercedes connections to arrange backing for Nico to race with the support of top karting boss Dino Chiesa.Team MBM.com (MBM standing for Mercedes-Benz McLaren) contested the 2000 Formula A championship with the Rosberg and McLaren’s young driver However the slightly younger Rosberg made it to F1 first. Their motorsport advisor

He finished third fastest, two-tenths down on his teammate.

I found an explanation later, but, whatever the explanation, it was still my fault. "Lewis did a great job this season, he was more consistent," said Rosberg, the son of the Finnish 1982 F1 world champion Keke Rosberg. "That was my strength last year. But he only won twice more that year and ended the season fourth, one point ahead of Hamilton on his debut in the category.The two saw more of each other in the Macau Grand Prix at the end of the year – Rosberg crashing out and taking Hamilton with him.There was considerable speculation over ART’s performance advantage over their rivals in the one-make series. Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg warned: get along or face Mercedes axe This article is more than 4 years old • Mercedes team chief Toto Wolff says drivers’ relationship is big weakness He went on to point out that the characteristics of the circuit suited Mercedes more than Ferrari, as they had more downforce and raw speed, stating he was not too concerned with the "bigger than normal" gap, after Vettel had finished 45 seconds behind Rosberg.Following another difficult weekend and constant problems with their underpowered Renault power units, Red Bull repeated their threats voiced earlier in the season to exit the sport.

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