“Difficult mentally” - Nico Rosberg recalls Lewis Hamilton battle amid Max Verstappen vs Sergio Perez

Nico Rosberg has looked back on his own scraps with then-teammate Lewis Hamilton, comparing it to Red Bull’s intra-team title fight this season.
 - Race, Press conference, Nico Rosberg (GER) Mercedes AMG F1 W07 Hybrid and Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W07
- Race, Press conference, Nico Rosberg (GER) Mercedes AMG F1 W07 Hybrid and Lewis Hamilton …

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen is running away with the F1 2023 championship and the only other driver to win a race is his teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sergio Perez, who has since slipped away.

Rosberg𒅌 and Hamilton both vied for the title in four seasons as Mercedes teammates, the German winning once🐼 and the Brit claiming two during that period.

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“Ve👍rstappen is a phenomenal driver,” Rosberg was quoted b𝓰y . 

“For me it will be at the level of the most important names in history, Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher, Hamilton... among the five or six best𝔉. 

“He is a phenomenon and the team has also given hi🔜m a very gꦆood car, the best car.

“But you also see him with his teammates, they're all going strong and can 🎃never be close to him.&nbs🐻p;

“Now Perez, who is a good driver, ꦛI know him well, but it is impossible for him to be close to [Verstappen] and that is difficult for them mentally, to accept that the other is better. 

“I know this well because I've had the same thing with Hamilton𒈔, the com🅠plication of having a very fast driver alongside. 

“Some will say that it is not g♒ood for🌠 F1, because it is always the same one who wins. But sometimes it is.”

(L to R): Sergio Perez (MEX) Red Bull Racing with race winner and team mate Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing in parc
(L to R): Sergio Perez (MEX) Red Bull Racing with race winner and team mate Max Verstappen …

Asked if Red Bull could win every grand prix in 2023, Rosb🎃erg answered: “It seems so, right?

“The difficulty is that, for the moment, they o🥃nly have one driver who can win all the races, the other one is always behind with man🍷y difficulties.

“That's why it's more complicated.”

Perez can aꦬlleviate the pressure piled on by Daniel Ricciardo’s return to F1 with a good performance at this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix.

Rosberg abruptly retired after his sole F1 championship in 2006 and is still just 38, four years y꧂ounger than the oldest driver on the grid.

“I'm a big fan of Fernando Alonso, at 42 years old he's going to be driving at his level now... it's phenomenal, incredible,” Rosberg 🏅said. 

“He's a gladiator, it's fascinating to watch him fight Hamilton and Verstap🙈pen. 

“He gives it his all at every🌺 lap, 🌱and I have always had a lot of respect for him.”

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