Nico Rosberg vows to stop Lewis Hamilton for the Briton’s maiden Brazilian GP title

Nico Rosberg has vowed to put up a good fight at the upcoming Brazilian Grand Prix to stop teammate Lewis Hamilton, who was unsuccessful in all his eight previous appearances at Interlagos. Rosberg will try his best to defend his title in this weekend’s penultimate race of the 2015 Formula One (F1) season.

The German is up for the fight with Hamilton, who is bidding to win his maiden at the home race of his late childhood icon and fellow three-time world champion Ayrton Senna, Euro Sport reported.

According to Rosberg, he wants to be back on top of the podium this year at Interlagos.

“With all due respect to his (Hamilton) ambitions,” Rosberg was quoted as saying. “I want to win there as well.”

Although the British F1 star has already clinched his third world title last month and after Mercedes successfully retained their F1 World Championship Constructors’ crown in Austin, the race at Interlagos will be all about the winner on that day. Rosberg said he is looking to continue his form after emerging victorious at the Mexican Grand Prix.

Rosberg recalled last year’s battle with Hamilton and said it was a “great feeling” to win in front of loving Brazilian F1 fans, who were rooting for him. He added that he is ready to take a good fight to win again and experience the amazing feeling on top of the podium.

Meanwhile, Hamilton had reportedly pulled out of an event in Sao Paulo as he was feeling under the weather, fueling speculations by various Brazilian news outlets that the British F1 world champion will skip the race. A spokesman for Mercedes told Motorsport that Hamilton will still race this weekend. He had to cancel an earlier flight, which made him miss a press conference, as advised by his doctors.

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