Nico Rosberg tells Valtteri Bottas how to beat Lewis Hamilton

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11:22, 04 Nov 2019

byLouis Shaw

Lewis Hamilton has won his sixth World Title. Valtteri Bottas has been unable to get anywhere near his Mercedes teammate and Nico Rosberg has given the Finn some advice. Rosberg was able to beat Hamilton in 2016 and has revealed the formula needed to take on the Brit.

"I think Valtteri played some good mind games in the beginning of the year," Rosberg told Sky Sports.

"He came in and showed that it was this Valtteri 2.0 – really, really strong – and that works.

"That's the perfect way to do it, just focus on yourself, make yourself look as strong and powerful as possible, deliver with results. I think that's the best way, because if you annoy Lewis that's not the way to go either because when he's angry he becomes stronger! So it's a fine line."

Rosberg knows what it takes to beat Hamilton and has revealed what it takes.

"He needs to put the whole season together because Valtteri always has moments where he's really strong and beating Lewis but then Lewis comes back and just destroys him for many, many races.

"Race pace I think has been a key problem of Valtteri's. The race pace is where he must improve. He's wearing those rear tyres out and [compared to] Lewis in most races that's really a big problem."

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	51
2	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	47
3	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	34
4	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	33
5	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	17
6	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	15
7	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	9
8	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	8
9	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	8
10	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	4
11	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	4
12	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	3
13	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	2
14	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	2
15	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	1
16	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	0
17	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	0
18	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	0
19	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
20	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0
21	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	0
22	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0

Nico Rosberg tells Valtteri Bottas how to beat Lewis Hamilton

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