London — Lewis Hamilton’s Formula One rivals should beware the backlash because the four-times world champion’s dip in form will not last long, his former Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg has warned. Rosberg, the 2016 world champion, said last Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix showed the Briton, who finished fourth, was struggling. The German, whose relationship with Hamilton grew frosty in their time together at Mercedes, saw that as just one of those "typical phases" his rival goes through. "When it doesn’t go perfectly, he starts to lose that edge a little bit and a touch of motivation or whatever and then just struggles for a while," said Rosberg. "And those are the races you have to maximise … because Lewis always comes back, and when he comes back he comes back so damn strong that he’s almost unbeatable." The next race is at Azerbaijan’s Baku circuit on April 29. Hamilton has not won since the US Grand Prix in October, a run of six without standing on the top step of the podium. In t...
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