Ecclestone: Rosberg winning the title won’t help F1

Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone believes that Nico Rosberg winning this year’s world championship will not be as good for the sport as Lewis Hamilton claiming the title again.

Ecclestone told reporters in Austin, “If Nico won the title it would be good for him and good for Mercedes but it wouldn’t necessarily help the sport because there is nothing to write about him. Even in Germany it wouldn’t help. You need someone like Lewis.”

With regards to Hamilton’s antics which of late have had him in hot water with the FIA and with the British media, Ecclestone said, “I’d let Lewis do what he wants. Absolutely. Let him get on with it. I’d help him if I could.”

“He probably does what he does because he’s bored.” explained the F1 chief. “He wouldn’t go to the press conferences if he didn’t need to. But he has to go — he’d be put back on the grid or something if he didn’t.”

With four races remaining in the championship and Rosberg leading by 33 points Ecclestone doubts that the reigning world champion will add another title to the three he already has.

“It won’t be easy for him to win the title, though. If he wins three or four of the next races he still needs some of the things that happened to him earlier in the season [mechanical retirements] to happen to Nico,” ventured Ecclestone.