D-day looms for Hamilton and Rosberg in Abu Dhabi
Odds of retaining his championship title is not as impossible as Briton suggests
Abu Dhabi — Lewis Hamilton says he faces "pretty impossible odds" going into Formula One’s Abu Dhabi title-decider, while Mercedes teammate and rival Nico Rosberg says he will treat Sunday’s race like any other. Both are being disingenuous, of course. Hamilton knows he still has a real chance and Rosberg is well aware just how much is at stake. While Rosberg is the favourite to win the "Duel in the Desert", needing only to finish on the Yas Marina podium to become Germany’s third world champion after Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel, he will still be on tenterhooks. "I will give it everything to end the season with a win," said Rosberg, even if cynics suspect he would be happy enough to settle for a fourth successive second place. "I’ve had a great week, relaxing and catching up with my family and friends, so I feel like I’m in a good place. "In Brazil … I was joking that I would still be taking things one race at a time. But, the more I think about it, the more that’s actual...
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