Lewis Hamilton’s Formula 1 rivals will have to pull off “the perfect season” in 2018 to have any chance of beating him to the world championship, according to former teammate Nico Rosberg. After losing out to Hamilton in 2014 and 2015, Rosberg pipped his former Mercedes teammate to the 2016 drivers’ crown before announcing his shock retirement from F1 just days later. The German is one of only two drivers to outscore Hamilton over the course of a season, with Jenson Button also claiming the rare feat over his then McLaren teammate in 2011. Hamilton overturned a 14-point deficit to Sebastian Vettel to win his fourth title by 46 points in 2017, taking nine victories over the course...
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