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2016 driver report cards – part 1
From an A for new World Champion Nico Rosberg to a B grade – marked down for bad behaviour – for Lewis Hamilton, PlanetF1 hands out the 2016 report cards. Nico Rosberg: A Outgunned and outpaced by Lewis Hamilton, Rosberg won 9 races to the Brit’s 10 and was on pole eight times to his team-mate’s 12. But with 19 top-five finishes in 21 races, it was consistency that drove the German to the title (or insert lame cliche about Teutonic efficiency here). His unflappable performances embodied Alain Prost’s approach of trying to win while going as slow as possible. While Rosberg may not be a better wheel-to-wheel racer than Hamilton, his brave pass on Max...
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