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Rosberg: "I was certain Verstappen's inters gamble wouldn't work"

Nico Rosberg admits he was "happy" to see Red Bull switch Max Verstappen to intermediates in the late stages of the Brazilian GP, as he knew then it wasn't the correct call. Verstappen was running ahead of Rosberg on extreme wets when he was called in for intermediate tyres in an attempt to give him a potential advantage over leader Lewis Hamilton. However, a safety car period soon followed, and the team pitted him again to go back to extremes, with Verstappen having to fight back to third from 14th. Rosberg, who had been running third behind the Dutchman before the strategy played out, acknowledged that his life was made easier when Verstappen pitted. “I was out there to try...
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