Mercedes will let Hamilton, Rosberg fight

At a press conference in Stuttgart. Mercedes’ Wolff says the team owes it to F1 to let the pair remain rivals on the track.

We are stakeholders in Formula One. A good show is essential for the sport. We want lots of fighting on the track. And the rivalry between these two guys is important. Our role is to step back a little and leave it up to these two to fight it out in the track.

The two drivers, who have barely talked this year exchanged some words:

Hamilton: I think when I first got [into the car] I was like, ‘Jeez, I’m old’, because I have been doing it a long time. Physically when you get in the car each time it gets harder and harder.

Rossberg: Physically harder and harder? Getting old? What is the reason?

Hamilton: I have seen some grey hairs on you. You know how it is, you’re only six months behind me.