'It sucks, but otherwise the team will always just take the easiest route.'
Nico Rosberg has warned George Russell against being the “nice guy” as his rivalry with Lewis Hamilton heats up following back-to-back incidents in Japan and Qatar.
The first action between the team-mates was clean, Russell passing Hamilton and Hamilton passing him right back, but the second wasn’t with Hamilton running wide through Spoon and forcing Russell even further off the track.That Russell was later ordered to move over for Hamilton as Carlos Sainz hunted down the team-mates only added insult to injury for the former Williams driver. Russell was then denied DRS assistance to stave off Sainz’s attack, Hamilton saying it was “not a good idea at all”.
Being a lion against Hamilton is exactly what former Mercedes driver Rosberg has urged Russell to do. “It’s a very difficult situation for George as well. Unfortunately, you can’t just be the nice guy in that situation – you have to also internally keep the pressure on.
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