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Hakkinen: Rosberg is ready for the world title

Mika Hakkinen says 2016 Formula 1 world championship leader Nico Rosberg might finally be ready to win his first F1 title this year. Speaking ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix weekend Hakkinen, the two-time world champion of 1998 and 1999, told Spox in an interview that he has known Rosberg since the Mercedes driver was just a boy. 'I remember him walking around as a four or five year old with a small helmet in his hand saying: Goodbye, I'm going to drive my go-kart,' said Hakkinen, who was once managed by Rosberg's Finnish father Keke. 'When I see him now, I'm very proud of him.' Rosberg, 30, was beaten to the crown both in 2014 and 2015 by his teammate Lewis Hamilton, but the German is...
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