Moss regains unwanted F1 record after Rosberg title

“I couldn’t, I was trying at times, but Lewis was driving really well”.

As he and Rosberg jostled for second place, they twice nearly came into contact, but Rosberg showed great courage to then overtake him.

He emulates the result of his father Keke Rosberg, champion in 1982, making him part of only the second driver from the same family to win an F1 title. Graham Hill and Damon Hill were the first pairing to do so.

To Formula One, where the chase for the world championship came down to the final race of the season. He finished second to his Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton.

Speaking to reporters, the Finn said that finally getting the monkey off his back, in winning the title, Nico will be a stronger force in 2017 and beyond. He went one better and finished second behind his Mercedes teammate Hamilton whose first place win counted for nothing. Post race, it was mildly disappointing to see Hamilton continue to perpetrate conspiracies theories, rather than graciously acknowledge his teammate’s victory.

Rosberg needed to overtake Verstappen, the youngest driver to win an F1 race who has earned a reputation for his risky, borderline unsafe overtaking and has upset other drivers this season.

Rosberg reacted by tossing it straight back at Hamilton even quicker than it had arrived. However, this was not meant to be – even at its slowest, the Mercedes auto was still too quick for its rivals.

His attempt to push Rosberg into the clutches of those behind him, by deliberately slowing the pace in the closing laps to the concern of team bosses, produced a nail-biting finish with the top four separated by just 1.6 seconds. Frustrating for Rosberg, but great for us fans. Or was it more down to Hamilton’s mechanical misfortunes? Why didn’t Rosberg try and overtake on track?

“Or we could go to the more harsh side that we feel the values were not respected”.

After the dust settled, Hamilton was asked to explain his late-race tactics.

But after what happened in Austria, both were warned by Mercedes that they risked having team orders imposed on them.

So, Hamilton could be kicked off the team?

Rosberg, who needed to finish no lower than third to take the crown, held on, but said it was hard to concentrate with Sebastien Vettel close on his tail in third.

The three podium finishers each get a cap: with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd written on them.

“We tried to tell him the danger was coming because Vettel had the fastest vehicle at the end”.

Verstappen was in the running for fourth place in the standings over the weekend, but had to settle for fifth after finishing behind Vettel.

Max Verstappen had a scare at the first turn, which dropped him to the bottom of the order.

“The battle out there with Max was unreal”.

Briton Jenson Button, the 2009 champion, and Brazilian Felipe Massa made emotional exits after competing in their final races of long and successful careers. This is motor racing, it would make it the most boring sport ever if you would have corporate solution for every single situation.