Should Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg Be Afraid for Their Mercedes Futures?

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Published: December 3, 2015

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Lewis Hamilton has just sealed his third Formula One drivers' championship, and Mercedes are celebrating their second successive constructors' crown, but all is not well inside the German team.

The relationship between Hamilton and team-mate Nico Rosberg—fractious since the early part of the 2014 season—appears to have reached a new low. First-corner incidents in Japan and the United States were followed by the now infamous cap-throwing episode before the Austin podium.

One week later, after an "angry" Rosberg had won the Mexican Grand Prix, Hamilton dropped a sly dig into the post-race press conference about the "gust of wind" that his team-mate blamed for his late, race-losing error in the U.S.

Writing in his Bild newspaper column, Rosberg later responded (h/t Autoweek) that Hamilton was "having a certain difficulty with the fact that I have spoiled his world championship party a bit."

Things have not improved since then, and the team heads into the winter with two main priorities: building a worthy successor to the W06 and rebuilding the relationship between Hamilton and Rosberg.



From the outside, Rosberg seems most put-out by Hamilton's behaviour towards him on the track, while Hamilton—who has been more willing to air his grievances in the public domain—appears to be displeased as much with the internal workings of the team as he is with Rosberg.

The Brit has argued over strategy at each of the last three grands prix and has clearly lost patience with Mercedes' "team first" approach—in which the drivers are not allowed to go for significantly different strategies.

He has also commented on how he feels Mercedes have been treating Rosberg—telling a media briefing in Mexico that the team were being "extra-warm" toward the German and were going out of their way to keep him happy.

After the season finale, he added a li...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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