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MERCEDES is enjoying a terrific start to the Formula One season but at the same time it is already taking measures to ensure a possible world title battle between drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg doesn't turn sour.
On one hand teammates fighting for the title shows that an outfit has done everything right and is dominating the sport.
But things can also turn ugly if the drivers fight each other without mercy in a sport where egotism is a key ingredient for success.
Many remember Hamilton's ill-fated partnership with Fernando Alonso at McLaren in 2007, and world champion Sebastian Vettel famously collided with then Red Bull partner Mark Webber in Turkey a few years ago and overtook him against team orders last year in Malaysia.
Much has been said about the potential danger of ex-champions Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen, now partnered at Ferrari, who can't afford a clear team order under these circumstances.
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, left, is congratulated by teammate Nico Rosberg in Malaysia. Source: AP
But the Hamilton v Rosberg duel is already gaining momentum after two 2014 races as well, according to observers, and could be a stern test of their good relationship which started 14 years ago in kart-racing.
Rosberg won the opening race as Hamilton went out early, but the Briton turned matters around on Sunday in Malaysia by winning a whopping 17 seconds ahead of his teammate.
The German Rosberg, whose Swedish father Keke Rosberg won the 1982 world title, leads the championship with 43 points to Hamilton's 25, but the Briton can further close the gap on Sunday in Bahrain.
Winner Lewis Hamilton cops a spray from Nico Rosberg. Source: AFP
"I am sure that is strike one," London's The Daily Telegraph quoted Jenson Button, who drove with Hamilton for years at McLaren, as saying.
"Looking at what Lewis did is going to hurt (Rosberg) a little bit.
"He was super-fast here. Seventeen seconds is a lot to put between you and your teammate when you have both had a clear race."
Mercedes, for their part, were prompted to dismiss reports Hamilton said he "blew away" Rosberg, and although they did it in a lighthearted way on Twitter it does show that the issue exists.
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