‘I don’t regret anything’ – Nico Rosberg reveals when he fell out with former team-mate Lewis Hamilton in F1 - Exclusive

Nico Rosberg has revealed his relationship broke down with Lewis Hamilton in Formula One as soon as they began fighting for the world championship in 2014. Rosberg and Hamilton were childhood friends and became team-mates at Mercedes in 2013. Ad/> However, when Mercedes had the best car when F1’s turbo-hybrid era began in 2014, an intense rivalry ignited which included the drivers not speaking to each other off the track after several incidents.

Austrian Grand Prix'F1’s We Race As One is just words’- Hamilton says 'it's time for action' after reports of abuse11/07/2022 AT 14:47 “It [the friendship breakdown] happened immediately when we were fighting for the world championship, not before,” Rosberg told Eurosport. “But that's always the case: When you're fighting for success in every race and for titles, it doesn't work anymore. “It was a build-up from one race to the next.

If you want to decide the world championship for yourself, you can't play ‘love, peace and harmony’. “You have to test limits and go into grey areas to win, especially when two drivers are at such a high level. Then it often gets tight.” 'I'm not walking away from F1' — Ricciardo responds to rumours about his future at McLaren 'F1's We Race As One is just words' — Hamilton says 'it's time for action' after reports of abuse Whilst Hamilton won the 2014 and 2015 F1 titles, Rosberg fought back in 2016 in a thrilling season which saw the pair come together on the opening lap of the Spanish Grand Prix and the last lap of the Austrian Grand Prix.