

"It's a childhood dream come true," Rosberg, 31, said over the radio.

Doughnut, anyone? Rosberg performed 360-degree spins on the start-finish straight A positive end to an intense battle I'm quite comfortable where I am."īut his tactics were not enough and Rosberg whooped with delight as he crossed the line and, after wife Vivian congratulated him over the radio, did doughnut spins on the pit straight before climbing on to the nose of the car to take the cheers from the crowd. Hamilton replied: "I'm in the lead right now. We need you to pick up the pace to win this race." The German in turn complained on the radio to the team to "consider doing something" and the tense title battle will do nothing to improve the cool relationship between the two drivers.Īt one point, as Vettel homed in on Rosberg in the closing laps, Mercedes executive director (technical) Paddy Lowe, who only speaks to the drivers on the radio in extreme circumstances, told Hamilton: "Lewis, this is Paddy. However, he disregarded message after message to speed up and prevent Vettel and Red Bull's Max Verstappen from closing on Rosberg.

Hamilton controlled the race from the front but was under instruction from Mercedes management not to try any strategic games to delay Rosberg.

There is always some risk when driving a race car more than 200 mph, but one feature on Formula One's Baku track makes the Azerbaijan Grand Prix the most dangerous, according to one former driver. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
