I haven’t written about the Mexico Grand Prix yet – to be fair there isn’t a huge amount to write about. There was interest at the start, and interest at the end but the middle section was pretty dull.
However, the title races currently looks like this, with Mercedes dominating the Constructor’s Championship for another year and already having the title sewn up:
There is a chance that in less than 4 hours’ time, Nico Rosberg could be the next Formula One World Driver’s Champion. All he needs to do is win today’s race and he is unassailable in his position at the top of the Championship.
A Lewis Hamilton victory would guarantee the title goes down to the wire in Abu Dhabi – which would be the second time in three years that the two men have contested a world championship crown at Yas Marina.
History isn’t exactly on Hamilton’s side though – the Briton has nine starts in Brazil, but is still yet to win. Conversely Rosberg has won the last two races in the country…
So then, Rosberg can also win the Championship if he is:
- second and Lewis Hamilton is fourth or lower
- third and Hamilton is sixth or lower
- fourth and Hamilton is eighth or lower
- fifth and Hamilton is ninth or lower
- sixth and Hamilton is tenth or lower
If Roberg finishes seventh (or lower) then Hamilton can still win the title in Abu Dhabi.
As I’ve said previously, if Rosberg were to become the 2016 Champion, he would be only the second son-of-a-past-champion to take the title himself – the only other time this has happened in history was with Graham Hill (champion in 1962 and 1968) and son Damon (champion in 1996).