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- Updated: October 6, 2016
Nico Rosberg is blanking his advantage at the top of the drivers championship, ahead of this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix.
Despite finishing in third spot last weekend in Malaysia, Rosberg increased his advantage at the top of the leaderboard to 23 points after team-mate and rival Lewis Hamilton was forced to withdraw through engine failure.
However, the German says one of the key factors in his success this season has been to ignore the points standings and that won’t change in Japan, despite just five races remaining on the calendar.
“Of course the result in Malaysia went in my favour in the title battle. That’s a fact and I cannot pretend …
