Villeneuve: “Hamilton made sure Rosberg was a worthy champion”

I love number six of course, my Dad won the world championship with number six as well, so it’s a very lucky number for us.

WIESBADEN, Germany Nov 30 Formula One world champion Nico Rosberg hailed Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton as one of the greatest drivers of all time on Wednesday, and the Briton repaid the compliment by saying the German’s title was well-deserved.

Hamilton, who drove superbly in the wet to finish first at the Brazilian Grand Prix, was in no doubt of the scale of the task he faced, telling the formula1.com website: “It’s not been a flawless season and I’m faced with pretty impossible odds no matter what I do this weekend. He needed to do that and equally our system has made them win many races and created an era of dominance”, Wolff said.

“This team has built them the best vehicle over the last three years and has made them win races and championships”.

Sebastian Vettel says he was careful in the closing laps of the Formula 1 Abu Dhabi finale to not ruin the battle for the 2016 world championship.However, the Ferrari driver denied that he.

Rosberg claimed his maiden world title with a second-place finish in Sunday’s season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix despite Hamilton claiming a fourth straight race victory. With the pair in first and second, Hamilton slowed down in the second part of the race, forcing Rosberg back into the chasing pack and one mistake away from losing the title.

“We have the base respect because we were really good friends back in the day”.

“From what I see, this country loves this sport, so many people came to Sepang International Circuit (SIC) to watch the race”.

Nico Rosberg has admitted that he was unsure if Lewis Hamilton would take his “backing up” tactics in Abu Dhabi to the next level.

Though Mercedes is unsure how to deal with Hamilton’s actions, Stewart thinks the punishment should be meaningful enough to deter him from doing anything similar again.

If Lewis Hamilton is the rock “n” roller of the contemporary F1 grid, make no mistake, Jackie Stewart was his 1970s equivalent, if not more so.

Mercedes feared the ploy would cost them victory and issued two instructions for the Briton to pick up his pace, both of which were ignored.