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Rosberg: Rivalry at Mercedes with Hamilton was 'too extreme'

Nico Rosberg says his tug-of-war with teammate Lewis Hamilton during his final years with Mercedes was "too extreme" but insists the team has learned from it. From being close friends who had battled their way through the junior ranks of motorsport, the relationship between Rosberg and Hamilton progressively descended into acrimony when the pair were brought together at Mercedes in 2013. As the Brackley squad ramped up its dominance in F1 at the start of the hybrid era, the intensity of the rivalry between its drivers also grew, to the point where Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff was forced to lay down the law inside the team between the two opposing camps to rein in the flashpoints...
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