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From Hockenheim

08 August 2016  07:00 PM

Leaving Ferrari topic behind, Nico Rosberg has been the great defeated at this Grand Prix that took place on this nonsense that is usually called “home”. For a professional driver of this level, either all tracks’ tribunes must be like his home, o none of them must. Since competition on board his car is against himself and his opponents, where any location is unimportant, this said among grownups… ...Well then, if competing in Germany meant a plus, this, was wasted. If the German thought of getting back to the top of the positions chart, this has been wasted. Besides, he stopped thriving on his fight against the current champion and 2016 leader, what represents a severity, since the enemy doesn’t seem to forgive him. We are nine races away, according to the arranged for the season, it is true, but the way seems to be an uphill fight and Nico aims to become a chronic sub-leader, another eternal second place, just like Stirling Moss did in the 50’s. In 2006 when these conflicts began, NR finished the season in 17th place working for Williams and matching Marc Webber who was 14th in 2007, he finished in ninth position above Kauzuki Nakajima and Alexander Wurz. In 2008 he was 13th and finished better than K. Nakajima. In 2009 was 7th, repeating the story. In 2010: the seventh position, sharing Box with Rubens Barrichello and Nico Huldenberg to finish ahead of them. Again in position 7th in 2011, but his greatest lap was: team with Michael Schumacher for the new team Mercedes –the German army– and as incredible as it sounds: beating his teammate and “master”. In 2012 he fell back, but he is really strong now with Mercedes and is performing surprisingly better again on board the “Hepta” even he is under the guidance of the aforementioned: finished in the 9th position. In 2013 he got back on track and he is in the 6th position now, but with a new teammate- current teammate- who has defeated him with 183 against his 171 points. In 2014 arose the new stadium: champion and sub, Nico, as the second on board. In 2015 he finished second again, runner-up, after the monarch. And so it goes in this campaign. As difficult as it may seem, he is second even when he started the season with four consecutive victories. But he minimizes himself before the enemy’s power otherwise what’s wrong with him? There is a Mexican proverb that comes to mind which means, ‘he that is born to be hanged shall never drown’. A tasty bite of corn wrapped in corn husks. Nico remember Moss. They both seem to be born a Little of the perfect year. Stirling: in 1954 he is the number 13th. In 1955 and 1956 second, and then again in 1957: second, repeating in 1958. Descending in 1959, 1960 and 1961, no matter that for many  Moss, is one of the greatest ever, a huge expert, the English man Alan Henry: calls him without a shadow of a doubt the number one of all times. He just couldn’t or didn’t know how to crown himself. SM Began with a few races from 1951 to 1953, driving a Cooper those years, and still no qualifying officially. In 1954 he had Maserati cars at his disposal, and the best is getting the third place at the Belgian Grand Prix, Pole Position in 1955 and the victory at Silverstone; to finish behind Juan Manuel Fango his teammate in the Silver Arrows, at the World tournament. Maserati is back in 1956 and defeated by Fangio again, who is now with Ferrari, 33 per 28 units. Fango becomes the champion in 1957, with 40 points, Moss is the runner-up, with 25; the Argentine with Maserati and Stirling, on a race competed for Maserati and in five for Vanwall: first in England, then in Pescara and also at the Italian GP, getting the victory, but it’s not enough. It is 1958, Mike Hawthorne’s triumphant year with Ferrari; Moss, finish in second place driving a test with Cooper and the rest with Vanwall; winning in Holand, Portugal and Morocco, but losing the crown by one point. His legend keeps on driving the BRM, Ferguson, Lotus and always Cooper, but nothing happens when it comes to reach the absolute glory of being world champion, only the prestige of a great driver and a gentleman´s acceptance of losing, wins 5 more GP’s. He finished with 16 more victories (24.24%), 16 PP (24.24%), 19 laps + fast (28.79%) and 24 podiums (36.36%). That only during 11 seasons and 66 GP’s disputed; besides the 96 exhibition races or out of the official F1 races. Born on September 17, in 1929 at West Kensington, with 86 years old and being a great guy: Sir Stirling Crawford Moss, the eternal second place!