Nico should have tried harder: Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton has suggested he is mentally tougher than Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg and questioned how hard the German really tried to beat him in last weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix. In comments that will do little to ease tensions between the pair ahead of Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix, the double Formula One world champion also told British reporters he was more of a racer than his rival. “I’ve always said he is really strong mentally. But I’d like to think I’m stronger this year,” Hamilton was quoted on Tuesday as saying. The Briton has won eight of the last 10 races, beaten Rosberg in nine of them and started all three Grands Prix this season from pole position. The tension between the two, evident last year as they battled for the title, flared up again in Shanghai when Rosberg accused Hamilton of compromising his race by driving selfishly slow and leaving him exposed to the Ferraris behind. In the end they finished one-two for the second time in three races.