Monaco win 'means more than any other' - Rosberg

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Mercedes' Nico Rosberg has revealed that a victory in the Monaco Grand Prix on the most famous, glamorous and historic street circuit in the world means more to him than any other.

"Yeah it does," he told the drivers press conference in Monaco on Wednesday.

"It’s my home race. I sleep in my apartment, get out the front door. I’ve lived here all my life, so it’s a very special place. Also, if there’s one race to win then it’s Monaco and the combination of all that makes it the most special race."

Rosberg's been making a habit of winning here with three back-to-back Monaco victories heading into this weekend. If he makes it a fourth then it will be the first time anyone has managed it since Ayrton Senna in the early 1990s.

"I’m aware of the statistics of course, but it’s not something I’m concentrating on or even thinking about," said Rosberg, whose streak of seven success race wins came to an end last time out in Spain when his race ended prematurely in a collision with his team mate Lewis Hamilton.

"As I’ve said even in the past couple of races, what I want to do this weekend is try and win this race, just because it’s Monaco and I love winning here and that’s it. That’s only what I’m thinking about. That’s it."

Rosberg insisted that the early end to his race in Spain wouldn't be preying on his mind this weekend.

"For sure yeah it’s now a thing of the past, not thinking about it anymore. We’ve been through it and now looking forward. Just concentrating on Monaco and I want to try to win here and that’s that."

And Rosberg was confident that he wouldn't suffer the same problems at the start of the race as he did in Spain, when the wrong engine mode selection had left him slow into the opening corners and under attack from his team mate which ultimately led to disaster.

"It was in the wrong position. It’s my job to put it in the right position and that’s it. Pretty simple. Not much more to say with that," he remarked. "You need to think about what you’re doing. There’s a lot going on and that’s it. You need to come up with ways of making sure that everything is done properly. That’s it."

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Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.