Mercedes’ chief strategist, James Vowles, has offered a stark contrast of how former team-mates Sir Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg would maximise performance. The drivers spent four years across the Mercedes garage from each other in a rivalry that intensified with each season, both on and off the track as their one-time friendly relationship descended into acrimony. After two years in which Hamilton emerged as the Drivers’ World Champion, it was 2016 when Rosberg finally captured the title and within days had irreversibly walked away from F1. Since then, the Briton has held the crown each year and his total of seven titles now equals the record set by Michael Schumacher – and he...
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