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Hamilton-Rosberg rivalry was like a 'volcano' - Wolff

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff says lessons learned from Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna's famously furious rivalry at McLaren helped him cope with a partnership between Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton at the Silver Arrows which he likened to a "volcano". Hamilton joined childhood friend and racing rival Rosberg at Mercedes in 2013, but the team's elevation to Formula 1's serial winners in 2014 saw relations quickly sour. Hamilton's use of banned engine modes in Bahrain and Spain, Rosberg allegedly parking his car in Monaco qualifying to keep his team-mate off pole and the Brit refusing to heed a team order to let his stable-mate through raised the heat before a collision in...
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