Neither Ferrari driver will be able to close the gap and win the 2007 drivers’ championship.
That is the belief of 1982 world champion Keke Rosberg, who is also the father of Williams’ impressive racer Nico.
58-year-old Rosberg guested at the weekend for the German F1 broadcaster Premiere, where he commented that despite Ferrari’s dominant one-two in Istanbul, the now 15-point gap to McLaren’s championship leader Lewis Hamilton is still too great.
“Ferrari were simply stronger here,” the Finn said in Turkey, “but I do not believe that Ferrari can catch up their deficit. It is just too much.”
Rosberg explained, however, that the last five races of the season should still be fascinating.
“With the five points between Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso, their fight will now become a war of nerves.”
He also insisted that none of the Ferrari or McLaren drivers were the stars of the piece on Sunday. That honour, Rosberg said, belongs to BMW’s Nick Heidfeld, who finished fourth.
“He is praised far too rarely,” said Keke, “because he has nothing to do with the title fight.”
