Lewis Hamilton claims his rivalry with Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg is ‘healthy’ for Formula One. Formula 1: Hamilton hails ‘healthy’ rivalry The reigning world drivers’ champion spoke out following a recent warning from the Silver Arrows boss Toto Wolff that one or both could be axed if their difficult working relationship ever started to impact on the team.
Hamilton, who was with Wolff and Rosberg at Mercedes’ ‘Stars & Cars’ event in Stuttgart on Saturday, backed his team-mate’s claim their relationship is ‘good the way it is’ and added that there are ‘no issues’ between them. The 30-year-old three-time world champion added: “It [the rivalry with Rosberg] is healthy for the sport. We have a great energy within the team.
I don’t believe there is anything negative. “It is natural in any environment, you want to make sure the atmosphere remains strong, and we are a winning team, and we want Mercedes to remain at the front the whole time. “There’s nothing we can’t do together, so we will always communicate as we always have, and we will always rectify when we have any issues.
“We don’t now, there are no issues.”