News Details

Lauda: Rosberg's lap time shows he is not playing it safe

With Nico Rosberg enjoying a 19-point lead on the Drivers' Championship, Mercedes’ Niki Lauda has insisted that the German is not playing it safe, using his similar lap times to Lewis Hamilton as a reference. Rosberg will start the Brazilian Grand Prix P2 after Hamilton edged him out for pole position by 0.102s. Despite the Silver Arrow driver only needing two P2 finishes in the remaining races, Lauda said Rosberg is smart enough not to take it easy. 'Lewis does not have any pressure because he can attack all the way as he has nothing to lose,' the F1 legend told Sky Sports F1. 'With 19 points in hand, you could put yourself under pressure, which would restrict you in your driving. 'You...
Full Story »
8y ago from PlanetF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Close quali gap shows Nico isn’t playing it safe -...

 XPB Images Mercedes' Niki Lauda says the close gap between...
8y ago from F1i.com

Hamilton fastest in opening practice

Lewis Hamilton topped the times to take the early initiative in Friday...
8y ago from SuperSport.com

First blood to Hamilton in opening practice –...

Brazilian Grand Prix – Lewis Hamilton finished at the top of the...
8y ago from FormulaSpy.com

Brazilian Grand Prix: Free Practice 1 – Hamilton...

Results following Free Practice 1 for the Brazilian Grand Prix, the 20th...
8y ago from F1.co.uk

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Johann Zarco reveals when he ‘began to believe'...

Johann Zarco reveals he “began to believe” he could win his home...

Toprak Razgatlioglu secures Most WorldSBK Race 1...

Toprak Razgatlioglu was a cut above the rest by securing victory in Race...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Colton Herta cleared to race following hard crash...

The first round of qualifications for the 109th Indianapolis 500 took...

Marcus Armstrong smashes wall in final practice before...

Saturday morning, the NTT IndyCar Series set aside one hour for teams to...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Sebastian Ogier leads in Portugal as Ott Tanak suffers...

Sébastien Ogier was a surprise overnight leader at Vodafone Rally de...
56m ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Ott Tänak tops Rally Portugal after fierce Friday...

Ott Tänak claimed his 400th career stage win on the final stage of Rally...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Asking price set: Liverpool expected to enter into...

Wolverhampton Wanderers defender Rayan Ait-Nouri has been linked with a...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Report: Arsenal looking to fix key weakness by signing...

Arsenal are interested in signing the Brazilian striker Igor Jesus from...
4h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal, Man United 'pass up' on £25m transfer...

Juventus reportedly pull out of contract talks with one of their key...
3h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Asking price revealed: Arsenal to compete with Man...

Arsenal are interested in signing the Athletic Club Bilbao attacking...
5h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.