Nico Rosberg says his displeasure at Lewis Hamilton’s driving in the title-choosing US Grand Prix won’t change his way to deal with Sunday’s Mexican GP. The German, who portrayed a passing move Hamilton made at the first corner in Austin, as “to a great degree forceful”, took shaft from Hamilton on Saturday. Rosberg said his inconvenience would not overflow into the Mexico race.
Hamilton said, “It’s no different. It’s going to be a battle and what’s in the past is in the past and we move forward. The same as he’s just said.”
The comments came in light of an inquiry regarding whether they needed a discussion about the begin to guarantee they didn’t jeopardize the team’s advantage. Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel, who qualified third and was sitting with them in the official post-qualifying news gathering, attempted to make a joke of the circumstance. Looking at Hamilton, he said: “If you have a go, can you make sure you take both of you out so I can go through? Yes? No?” Vettel then looked at the compere and said: “I tried.”
Rosberg beat Hamilton to shaft at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez by 0.188 seconds, to snatch post for the fourth sequential race. He has changed over none of the past three into triumphs, in the wake of affliction a retirement in Russia and after that being gone by Hamilton with uncompromising moves toward the begin in both Japan and the USA. Rosberg was likewise furious with himself in Austin last Sunday subsequent to losing control of the car while driving late in the race and giving triumph and along these lines the title to Hamilton. In the pre-platform room there, Hamilton hurled the second-place top to Rosberg as the time had come to go out on to the platform, just for the German to toss it back at his team-mate. Team boss Toto Wolff named the episode “top entryway” as a consequence of the media tempest encompassing it. Wolff kidded Rosberg’s execution in Mexico had been inspired by “indignation”. Rosberg said, “No, definitely not. There’s no difference, it’s attack like always. It’s three more races to go, great to be here in Mexico, great track, I really enjoy driving here, so business as usual.”
Hamilton said, “Actually it’s one of the best spots to start, second or third because it’s a long, long way down to Turn One. Just as in Russia. I don’t know if it’s longer than Russia but I’m quite happy with my spot. The races have always been proved to be quite good ones for me so I’m excited.”
