One could say that Nico Rosberg was gifted the Japanese Grand Prix victory when his Mercedes teammate and title rival Lewis Hamilton fluffed his lines at the start of the race, this gave the German the early advantage which he never lost as he powered to his ninth win of the season, stretching his Formula 1 world championship points lead to 33 points in the process. He spoke after the race.
A fantastic win....
Nico Rosberg: It’s been an awesome weekend for sure, the whole weekend had gone great from the word go, so it’s been very, very special, especially on this legendary track, beautiful to win here. And of course congrats to everybody, to all my colleagues in the team, for clinching a third Constructors’ World title. So absolutely deserved, definitely it’s been an unbelievable effort all these years, so let’s celebrate hard. And thank you very much to all of you, a very, very special weekend this weekend, you put on such a great show out in the grandstands, it’s amazing. Arigato.
Nico Rosberg: It’s been an awesome weekend for sure, the whole weekend had gone great from the word go, so it’s been very, very special, especially on this legendary track, beautiful to win here. And of course congrats to everybody, to all my colleagues in the team, for clinching a third Constructors’ World title. So absolutely deserved, definitely it’s been an unbelievable effort all these years, so let’s celebrate hard. And thank you very much to all of you, a very, very special weekend this weekend, you put on such a great show out in the grandstands, it’s amazing. Arigato.
How important is it today not to have Daniel Ricciardo up here to have a shoey again, to drink out of his show?
NR: I’m going to make sure that he never wins again this year because I don’t want to drink any more out if his shoe.
NR: I’m going to make sure that he never wins again this year because I don’t want to drink any more out if his shoe.
Tonight you’re flying home but will you rock the plane again or do some karaoke in between in the land of karaoke?
NR: Maybe a little bit, but not too much. The season is still long, many races to go around the world, so I need to keep my energies.
NR: Maybe a little bit, but not too much. The season is still long, many races to go around the world, so I need to keep my energies.
Ninth win of this 2016 season, 23rd of your career and your first, as we were hearing on the podium, here in Japan after three pole positions. Clearly the start was decisive today. Your thoughts on that and how your race rolled out. And then, also your thoughts on having that margin. 33 points with four races to go. Niki Lauda has just said on TV it’s a “comfortable” position. Your thoughts.
NR: Yeah, for sure. Just the whole weekend went really well from the word go. Just felt good in the car, found the right balance and all the way through to qualifying. Got that lap done and then the start went well… just everything went well. Just controlling the pace and the gap to Max in the race. Perfect weekend really. Really happy with that. To win on this legendary track as well. Points, yeah, I’m well aware of the 33 points of course but it’s not something I’m focused on, as you know. Just want to take it race by race. That’s what I did this weekend. So focused on trying to win the race and very happy it worked out. Still many races to go, so just keeping my head down.
NR: Yeah, for sure. Just the whole weekend went really well from the word go. Just felt good in the car, found the right balance and all the way through to qualifying. Got that lap done and then the start went well… just everything went well. Just controlling the pace and the gap to Max in the race. Perfect weekend really. Really happy with that. To win on this legendary track as well. Points, yeah, I’m well aware of the 33 points of course but it’s not something I’m focused on, as you know. Just want to take it race by race. That’s what I did this weekend. So focused on trying to win the race and very happy it worked out. Still many races to go, so just keeping my head down.
There are four races to go, you said you are thinking race by race but you have two match points as we might say in tennis because you have more than one victory advantage. Do you have a different approach to the next races or are you just doing race to race?
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