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NICO ROSBERG 2016 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

the front row , next to Red ciardo , in wet conditions grid . eld for the first seven laps ith Ricciardo pulling away , ng to get his tyres up to was faster .
“ It was clear that not reversing the situation between Nico and Lewis would definitely lose us the race ,” said Mercedes motorsport head Toto Wolff . “ We waited for quite a while , gave him more laps , for the tyre to come in but it didn ’ t . And then finally we decided to call it because the pace was just so much slower . It proved to be the right decision .”

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