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Lewis Hamilton, flashing his famous ivory-white smile, strutted out onto the top step of the podium at the Italian Grand Prix last night like a Hollywood actor traversing a red carpet. Yet if his superiors at Mercedes-GP had been tasked with scripting yesterday’s race, even they would have struggled to conjure up a plot-line so perfect for their cause.
The German marque arrived just north of Milan for the final race of the European season with Hamilton and teammate Nico Rosberg – second and first in the world championship, respectively – under intense scrutiny.
Rosberg’s decision to deliberately crash into his title rival in Belgium last month had turned the focus directly onto the two drivers. Toto Wolff, the Mercedes’ team principal, warned both men that further collisions could result in one of them having their contract terminated.
With Hamilton securing pole position on Saturday and Rosberg lining up alongside him on the front row, all eyes were on how the two drivers might dance on the tarmac.
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