Nico Rosberg has blamed ‘wind’ for costing him victory in Austin after he ran-wide whilst being chased down by team-mate Lewis Hamilton, who eventually won the race as a result.
After the race, Rosberg described the mistake as “very odd”, but speaking to the media on Thursday in Mexico, he believes he now understands why it happened.
“It was a gust of wind,” he explained. “A big one. I’m serious, actually.
“But everybody has it so you can’t really use it as an excuse. It is still a mistake but I understand my mistake now and that’s important.
“For me to understand it, that it was a very unusual scenario which happened just once in all those laps and everything… that helps me a lot moving forward.”
His mistake might have cost him a shot at the Drivers’ title as it handed his team-mate victory, but is over the defeat and aims to finish on a high.
“Okay, the Constructors’ is done and the Drivers’ is done but I want to win, I’m sure Lewis wants to win, Vettel wants to win. So it’s just going to be a battle pretty much as usual actually.”
