Soldato
If LH wins this one and Roberg 2nd and LH wins the final one, where does Rosberg need to come to still win the title?
Poll: Brazilian Grand Prix 2016, São Paulo - Race 20/21
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IIRC Lewis needs Rosberg to finish at least 3rd in both to steal the title (assuming he wins both).
If Lewis 1 and Ros 2 at Brazil then he needs Rosberg to be 4th or lower at Abu Dhabi
Man of Honour
Very likely Rosberg wins one of the final two. He ended last year extremely strongly.
Soldato
Well according to the BBC it's going to rain non-stop from 4am Saturday morning until at least the following Tuesday morning.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/7535462
I would like Rosberg to take the title this weekend. This has been such a dominant era for the silver arrows and would like to see Nico get his title because with new regs coming and also maybe key staff leaving for fresh challenges, I think will result in the silver arrows dominance coming to an end.
Tell you what, looking at that weather forecast, this weekends GP could be cancelled.
Don
The big concern then is if the race only runs for a limited distance and half points awarded - presumably would ruin any chance for Lewis even if he "won" such a race
well he needs Ros to have a dnf, so even half points isnt going to make much of a difference and with Ros wet "racing" being so dreadful it may be more of a chance to get a 12.5 points closure.
which would then if ive done my maths right a 1,2 finish, would be a win for ham in the last race with a .5 point lead.
which would then if ive done my maths right a 1,2 finish, would be a win for ham in the last race with a .5 point lead.
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I don't understand why Rosberg would need a DNF. Unless my maths is off, if Hamilton can win the next two races then Rosberg only needs to come 4th or lower in one of them and he's lost it.
With Brazil shaping up to be a wet one *fingers crossed* then the chances of that are good.
With Brazil shaping up to be a wet one *fingers crossed* then the chances of that are good.
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As for Rosberg's performance at the end of last season, he had no pressure then, the WDC was already decided.
He's already showing signs of cracking after Mexico. He was struggling in both practice and qualifying, and he shouldn't have had such a hard time with Verstappen in the race.
He's already showing signs of cracking after Mexico. He was struggling in both practice and qualifying, and he shouldn't have had such a hard time with Verstappen in the race.
Even if it is biblical the race would no doubt be scheduled to run on the Monday. Can't see it happening. Like Malaysia/Singapore etc the weather always looks biblical and then just turns out to be a bit wet. Hopefully whatever the weather there is no safety car start as this always ruins a race.
DNF (or something going wrong in qualifying) is more likely than Rosberg starting from the front row and finishing 4th right now.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Formula_One_season#Results_and_standings
Hamilton only once below 3rd after qualifying last in China.
Rosberg in Austria and Canada collided with Hamilton. Something he doesn't need to risk anymore.
In Monaco and Germany he did end up doing badly, but Monaco is where the Mercedes is weak. Germany was admittedly a poor race by Rosberg.
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Time for the press:
Soldato
Thanks dude
I wonder which power unit Hamilton will pick for this race.
If it's a wet race I can see Nico coming in 6th or 7th.
Soldato
Really hope this isn't cancelled in anyway, really want to see a all out wet race.
any amount of rain at Interlagos and there are problems in the infield section from what I remember
Soldato
Lol Fernando on the camera, brilliant