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Nico Rosberg says his relationship with Lewis Hamilton is “good now” – after revealing an impromptu meeting with his former team-mate and arch-rival.

The former Mercedes colleagues and one-time close friends fell out when competing for World Championships, with team principal Toto Wolff having to act more as a referee between them when things were at their most heated.

After Rosberg won the 2016 Drivers’ title he retired within days and since then, public interactions between he and Hamilton have been few and far between – and seemingly frosty.

But there were signs of a thaw when the subject with discussed with the German on Sky F1 at the end of free practice day for the Monaco Grand Prix.

The conversation with presenter Natalie Pinkham followed a segment in which Hamilton spoke about how his association with Monaco, where he now lives, had begun.

“It wasn’t until I actually went to Monaco when I was 13, I was invited at the time by Nico, we were karting together in Italy,” said Hamilton.

“He was racing for another team at the time but we ended up being friends. They invited me to Monaco, which is where he grew up, so I remember being there at the time and thinking ‘wow, this is the most beautiful place I’ve ever seen’.”

Asked about that influence, Rosberg replied: “It’s nice to hear that from him, that my family and I were able to show him some lovely things which he aspired to one day be able to do himself.

“And now