The World Championship may have
gone to Mercedes Lewis Hamilton but Nico Rosberg at least had the satisfaction
of making F1 memorable return to Mexico with a pole to checkered flag win on
Sunday. This takes Nico Rosberg to second position this year and increases his
margin of points from Ferrari Sebastian Vettel.
Hamilton finished second, with Valtteri
Bottas completing the podiums for Williams. Rosberg who dominated practice and
qualifying held off Hamilton after a Vettel crash saw the safety car deployed
on lap 53 of 71. A late mistake in a similar situation in the previous round
last Sunday had seen Hamilton win the United States Grand Prix to wrap up his
second straight title.
But Nico Rosberg was clearly
determined to avoid a repetition and it was errors by Hamilton which left him
unable to claim his fourth straight win. It has also cost him chance to equal
the record wins for an F1 season of 13, with 10 under his belt but only two
rounds to go in 2015 in Brazil and Abu Dhabi. The Red Bull pair of Daniil Kvyat
and Daniel Ricciardo drove fine races for fourth and fifth.
Home hero Sergio Perez finished
eighth for Force India. Raucous Scenes greeted the drivers at the end of an
enthralling race, enlivened by Vettel collision into a barrier the four time
champion walking away unscathed. The next race will held in Brazil on 15th
November 2015.
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