Lewis Hamilton has been "surprised" by the pace of teammate Nico Rosberg at Mercedes early this season. That is the claim of team director and co-owner Toto Wolff, even though the comments directly contradict a recent statement by the 2008 world champion. In the wake of Rosberg's pole hat-trick and Monaco win, Hamilton insisted he "expected him (Rosberg) to be even stronger than he has been" in 2013 due to his long experience with the Brackley based team. But Wolff is quoted by Brazil's Totalrace as admitting Hamilton "probably was surprised by Nico's pace". "A lot had been written about it not being clear what Nico's pace was (in 2010-2012) compared to...
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