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2016 Formula 1 champion Nico Rosberg says he believes Lewis Hamilton will win the 2021 title despite his current 12 points deficit to Max Verstappen.
If anybody knows what Lewis Hamilton can do in a title fight, it’s his former team-mate and title rival Nico Rosberg.
The German driver fought Lewis for the title from 2014 until 2016, and managed to come out on top only in the final year of their battle.
He now tells Sky Sports F1 he still believes Lewis will walk away from 2021 with his eight record-breaking world championship under his belt.
“It’s exciting as ever, it’s unbelievable,” Rosberg said of the 2021 season.
“You have the two best of their generations going head to head and Verstappen is really in unbelievable form at the moment.
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“But somehow I just think that Lewis, with his experience, is still going to pull it his way at the very end.”
The German also said he believes Max Verstappen is under greater pressure than Hamilton.
“Lewis has done this before, he’s already won seven titles, he’s been in a title fight towards the end of the season nine or 10 times. For Max it’s the first time ever and that is such an extreme situation to be in.
“It’s your dream that’s at stake, to be Formula 1 world champion, you don’t really know if you’ll ever have another chance, with the regulations changing next year you don’t know if the Red Bull is still going to be a fast car.
“So there’s a lot at stake and really the pressure is on Max to deal with this, being new to this kind of situation,” Rosberg concluded.
