Rosberg praises: 'Hamilton is a natural and very instinctive'

Nico Rosberg compares former teammates Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton. The 2016 world champion has revealed that both drivers were good at off-track games, but says Hamilton is just a little bit more tactical.

Rosberg is the only driver to have beaten both Schumacher and Hamilton in the same car and can compare the two world champions well. "Lewis is a natural talent and very instinctive. Michael was a workhorse, he turned over all the stones in every area, phenomenal," Rosberg said of the two seven-time world champions to Sport1.

"Michael also played mental games, but Lewis is even smarter politically and takes advantage of all opportunities for himself," Rosberg revealed. Rosberg has admitted in the past that Schumacher's mental games helped him in his fight against Hamilton.

Rosberg does not yet see those mental games in Mick Schumacher, the son of Michael. "He has a little less killer mentality, is more sensitive, more thoughtful and more sensible. It was the same with me and my father. I changed in the battle for the world championship, but in my early years I saw similarities between Mick and me."