Nico Rosberg knew this would be his one chance to win the Russian Grand Prix. Perhaps even the world championship.
With races ticking down, Lewis Hamilton on a roll, overtaking around the new Sochi circuit very difficult and no hope of a clever tyre strategy to give him a second shot, it was now or never.
From second on the grid, Rosberg had a run on his team-mate into the first braking zone of the race and wasn't going to let the opportunity go to waste.
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