Sports Desk: Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg,
who returns home for the German Grand Prix, will be hoping for an encore
on his home turf to complete a unique hat-trick of ‘home wins.’
After Monaco, where he grew up and lives, and Silverstone, a
circuit that is barely 15 kilometres from his outfit's Brackley base,
the Nurburgring, a traditional Formula One venue steeped in history and
located in the Eifel mountains, represents the track of his motherland
-- and he believes that with the momentum he has generated, he has a
great chance of claiming another win.
"We are fast and we are setting the pace and we are growing into
the role of being favourites for the races now," said the British Grand
Prix winner.
"That is a fantastic feeling and for me, personally, it would be
so good, so fantastic, if I can win again to complete a hat-trick of
three wins on my home circuits,” he added.
Rosberg, who turned 28 last Thursday on the eve of the British
Grand Prix, emerged triumphant last Sunday after a spectacular tyre
failure had blown Mercedes team-mate Briton Lewis Hamilton out of the
lead at his home race after he had taken pole and dominated from the
start.
Three other drivers suffered major tyre blowouts during a race that
ended in chaos and controversy with some drivers threatening to strike
unless the sport made immediate changes to the low-wear, low-durability
Pirelli tyres that had failed.
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