Nico Rosberg will be hoping to get back to winning ways at his home grand prix in Germany after surrendering a massive 43-point lead to teammate Lewis Hamilton. PHOTO: REUTERS
The in-form German was fastest in the morning session by three-tenths of a second. And he again dominated in the second session, repeating the feat by four-tenths in the afternoon with a flawless demonstration of smooth precision on the technical Hockenheim track.
Just five days after losing the lead in this year’s drivers’ championship for the first time, it was a perfect ‘bounce-back’ by the 31-year-old Mercedes man.
Home advantage: Regaining championship lead drives on Rosberg
Rosberg clocked a best lap of one minute and 15.614 seconds in the second session to outpace teammate Lewis Hamilton by 0.394 seconds.
The Mercedes men were ahead of four-time champion Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari.
Dutch teenager Max Verstappen was fourth ahead of his Red Bull teammate Daniel Ricciardo and 2007 champion Kimi Raikkonen in the second Ferrari.
Back on track: Rosberg steals pole position from Hamilton
Another German Nico Hulkenberg responded to being at home by taking seventh in his Mercedes-powered Force India ahead of 2009 champion Jenson Button of McLaren Honda.
Sergio Perez was ninth in the second Force India and two-time champion Fernando Alonso was 10th for McLaren.
Hamilton leads Rosberg by six points in the championship after completing a hat-trick of wins at last Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 30th, 2016.
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