Would any of that final lap excitement come to life had a certain Max Verstappen not played his part? Having been outqualified back then by Daniel Ricciardo (P3 to Max’s P6, in Red Bull), the Dutchman would storm to a gritty P4. Though, truth be told, even as Hamilton, well within his rights to do so, tried all his best to bring trouble to a man he no longer even enjoyed being friends with, Rosberg bore the brunt and upon finishing second, lifted the only FORMULA 1 title that sits in his trophy cabinet.

Who can forget the closing laps nearly half a decade back in time, wherein, while Rosberg was trying all in his might to hold onto a top-three finish (to secure the 2016 World Championship crown), multiple world champion Lewis Hamilton was deliberately slowing down from the front only so a certain Red Bull driver could sneak up on his (then) teammate? It was right here in Abu Dhabi wherein the man who won a world title four years ago, also described as “Brittany,” for reasons best known to his haters, became the headline material even as he didn’t win the Grand Prix that year.īut then, Nico Rosberg hasn’t always succeeded in stealing the mighty Lewis Hamilton’s thunder- isn’t it? Think a former world champion /Mercedes driver vis-a-vis a current Mercedes driver and hammerer of the entire grid and you’d know. Remember what transpired here amid bright lights in 2016? Easy if you try. Listen: 2020 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Qualifying Analysis source: Sketch prepared by S.Rajnikanth for F1 Chronicle Has Max Verstappen Set Up An Enthralling Abu Dhabi Grand Prix? No rewards for changing my mind, unless Max Verstappen, pole sitter for tomorrow’s season-ending Grand Prix, succeeds in converting what currently looks an enticing end to the 2020 FORMULA 1 season into a boring pole-to-checkered flag sprint, which has so often been the case. The last you didn’t sleep during the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was in 2016.

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