Nico Rosberg has closed his ears to negative thoughts and title talk on Thursday even after Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton said he would take it like a man if he lost his Formula One Championship to the German. Roseberg refused to raise the bait when asked whether he would see it the same way if triple champion Hamilton, who is now 33 points behind with just four races remaining turn things around and beat him.
Nico told to reporters at the U.S. Grand Prix that “I haven’t thought of that because I am planning to go for more race wins at the moment and that’s it.” “And definitely such negative thoughts I will fully avoid. There’s no point, that’s not going to make me faster this weekend to think how am I going to feel if I lose. That doesn’t work.”
Roseberg has won nice races so far to Hamilton’s six and he has been repeating a mantra of taking each race as it comes without thinking of any bigger picture.
He is simply keeping his eyes on the next race and needs no reminding of how close he is to becoming only the second offspring champion to take the title after Britain’s 1996 winner Damon Hill. Nico is taking one step at a time and is focussing all his energy on the next race without diverting his mind and thoughts anywhere else. On his return to track he said “It’s business as usual this weekend,” and this is the same track where he made a mistake last year while leading and handed victory and title to Lewis Hamilton who has great record in American races.
Rosberg said: “Why lose energy and think about something that’s still miles away and can or cannot happen? Better just stay in the moment and make the best of it.
“You can choose what you think about, can’t you,” he continued. “I choose to think about Austin and the weekend that I have here … I don’t suppress it, I just go for something else.”
Rosberg who won the last three Grand Prix of 2015 and first four of 2016 need only second finish in every remaining race to secure the title but he is no longer thinking of it anymore. He said: “I definitely don’t put any thought into that at all,” he said. “I’m going for the win here this weekend, I’m not trying to bring home any second places.
“I will try to push for the win, 100 percent all the way until the chequered flag.”
