Nico Rosberg: “It’s really difficult”

Less than ten laps from the finish, Nico Rosberg had all the cards in hand to delay the deadline of Lewis Hamilton's world title. The pilot Mercedes was leading the United States Grand Prix ahead of his teammate and Sebastian Vettel.

But on the 48th lap, an error by the German offered the control of the race to Hamilton who did not ask for so much to secure a third world title after those of 2008 and 2014. “I skated, Rosberg explained. I can not explain it. It's incredible. To be so close to going out like that alone, I don't understand.  Obviously it's really, really hard to lose your mind and victory like that. I felt really good, it just went bad. My mistake cost me victory."

The son of Keke Rosberg also returned to the start of the event, where Lewis Hamilton had made a better start to take the lead of the race at the first corner, not without a contact. “I was in front. Lewis was a little too aggressive. ". The German also wanted to downplay his cap throwing at Lewis Hamilton in the room just before the podium. “It was nothing, just a classic game. »

Find the full report and analysis of the United States Grand Prix, produced by our special correspondents in Austin, in issue 2035 of AUTOhebdo, available from tomorrow evening in digital version, and from this Wednesday on newsstands.