Former Mercedes race engineer Jock Clear has revealed that a difficult working relationship with Nico Rosberg during the German driver's early days with the team justified the pair's split. As a former BAR and Brawn engineer, Clear stayed on at the Brackley squad when the team was acquired by Mercedes at the end of its championship winning season in 2009. The Briton, who famously engineered Jacques Villeneuve at Williams during the Canadian's successful run to the title in 1997, was then assigned to Rosberg who along with Michael Schumacher formed Mercedes driver pairing from 2010 to the end of 2012. But Clear's relationship with Rosberg came to an end after just one season at the...
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