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Rosberg buoyed by competitive Mercedes

Nico Rosberg: "I'm the one who's managed best in the last four races, which is good" © Sutton Images

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Nico Rosberg admits he is enjoying turning up to race weekends knowing he will have a competitive car.

Since winning the first race of his career in China, Rosberg has been the top scorer in the championship. When asked what his expectations were for the title this season, Rosberg said it wasn't something that was on his mind because he was still enjoying the current competitiveness of Mercedes at each race.

"I don't think that much about that (the championship)," Rosberg said. "In Monaco I had the best car of everybody, so I just think about the next race. It's a nice period at the moment because we come in to the next race with such a good car. I come to the race and I think 'OK I can hope for a really, really top result here and do really well'. That's a nice feeling to have, that's all I think about - the next race and trying to win here."

Rosberg did admit, however, that the consistency he has shown since his victory was crucial in such a close season.

"It's really important. At the moment where everybody is very inconsistent it's important to try and be as consistent as possible. I'm the one who's managed best in the last four races, which is good. Unfortunately I had two bad ones before that so all in all there's still others who did better. But it's very important because this season until now has been all about trying to be consistent because it's so up and down for everybody."

Looking at Canada specifically, Rosberg played down the significance of the Mercedes double-DRS because he said the low-downforce setup required for the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve would reduce its effect.

"It's definitely not going to be a bad thing for qualifying but I don't know if it's going to make more of a difference here than other tracks. I don't think so, the DRS effect is not as big here because you have less downforce to start off with so it's not necessarily going to be a bigger effect."

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