Nico Rosberg wades in on Lewis Hamilton's current Mercedes struggles

Nico Rosberg has offered his thoughts on Lewis Hamilton’s current struggles at Mercedes, with the Briton finishing outside the points at Imola last weekend.

The 7-time champion would have naturally been hoping to try and challenge for the world championship again this season, but in fact conceded that his chances were over last weekend after he recorded no points during Sprint and then the Grand Prix in Italy.

Indeed, it was the latest chapter in what has been a difficult 2022 story for Lewis, and he will just hope the porpoising issues the Mercedes is suffering at the moment can be rectified soon.

Naturally, it’s a point of interest for so many F1 fans and pundits alike, and former team-mate Nico Rosberg has had his say on the situation:

“It’s definitely a very, very tough situation for Lewis,” Rosberg said to Sky Sports.

“He’s won a race in every single year of his career and it looks like this might be the year where he can’t win any more.

“You can see how the tension is rising. We saw how Toto, in my view, was angry at Lewis [after qualifying], because maybe Lewis criticised the team a little bit too harshly over the team internal radio about something they did.

“The tension’s rising, and that’s natural, and Lewis will obviously start to show those emotions a little bit. Nevertheless, with the experience he has, I think he will eventually manage to keep those under control.

“That was tough to see Lewis in that state, he’s really down which is understandable.

“It is a long season but they’re nowhere with that car; they’re not even going to be able to fight for race wins any time soon.

“So, it’s difficult for Lewis to keep his motivation up.

“I think he will manage because he really is a fighter and remember there’s