Formula 1 legend Alain Prost is tipping Nico Rosberg to claim his first world championship title this year, as the German heads to the final four races with a 33 points gap to his Mercedes teammate and closest rival Lewis Hamilton.
Prost told Canal Plus, "A 33 points lead starts to be important. It's much better to have that kind of lead with four races to go than the four wins he had at the start of the season.
"He will have to manage this lead now, and get into a psychological state that is not always easy. It's never easy to manage such a big lead, especially against Lewis Hamilton, who thinks the whole world is against him now. But it could still turn, one retirement and Lewis is right back in the race."
"How can you not be champion if you've won nine races? That is the question Nico Rosberg hopes he does not have to answer at the end of the season. But the German is doing everything he has to for his first world title," added the man known in his heyday as the Professor.
Rosberg has scored nine wins this season. No driver has won that many and not gone on to win the title.
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