Rosberg out-qualified Hamilton in Monaco but endured a baffling downturn in form, struggling monumentally in the rain. Like their collision in Belgium two years' earlier, it proved to be a momentum shifter. The speed differential coming out of Turn 4 let Hamilton get alongside him - the pair collided and crashed out of the race. He looked well-placed for an eighth in a row when he beat Hamilton into Turn 1 at the Spanish Grand Prix, only to enter an incorrect engine mode several corners later.

It meant he had won seven in a row and held a 43-point lead going to Spain. Rosberg won again in Bahrain as Hamilton was hit at Turn 1 by another car, before power unit issues for his teammate during qualifying in China and Russia gave the German a routine run to victory.

He beat the sluggish Lewis Hamilton off the line at the Australian Grand Prix and recovered from a good Ferrari start to win. Regardless of whether Hamilton had lost focus after a third title, it meant Rosberg went into the winter on a high - a stark contrast to 2014, when Hamilton beat him to six of the final seven races on route to the championship. Though he lost the 2015 world title to Lewis Hamilton, Rosberg finished that campaign on a high - claiming victories in Mexico, Brazil and Abu Dhabi after losing out on the championship in Austin. How Nico Rosberg won the 2016 world drivers' championshipĮSPN looks at the highs and lows of Nico Rosberg's title-winning campaign after he secured a maiden championship title in dramatic circumstances in Abu Dhabi. You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser

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