Nico Rosberg believes the struggle for performance he faced at the Mexican Grand Prix was unique to the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez and he does not expect it to reoccur at the final two rounds.
Although Rosberg quailifed and finished second in Mexico, he struggled for performance up until his final lap in Q3 when he found over 0.3s in performance on his previous laps to take a vital front row grid slot. Despite being off the pace of teammate Lewis Hamilton all weekend, he is confident he will not have the same issues at the upcoming rounds in Brazil and Abu Dhabi.
"This year [in Mexico] was unique because the tyres were cold all weekend, and it made the car quite nervous, so that was a unique experience this weekend," he said. Rosberg also played down his pace early in the race when Hamilton was able to build a lead over him in the first stint.
"What we're doing is managing the tyres to do the best possible race, I knew the stint was going to be very long, and at the end of the stint I was doing some really good times which meant I should stay out longer, so that's what I was doing, managing my stint lengths, it has nothing to do pure performance at that point in time."
Rosberg, who has a 19-point lead over Hamilton in the standings, has made a point of targeting individual race wins rather than the championship this year and says that approach will not change at the last two rounds.
"Yeah, it's cool to be in that situation, but I'm not going to change my approach because that's what feels best. I need to do what feels best and where I can perform at my best. That's the way it's going to be."