From boyhood friends to F1 rivals, Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton’s decade-long friendship ended in 2016 as the Mercedes teammates battled for the World title.

And today, Rosberg has revealed, they aren’t even neighbours anymore.

Nico Rosberg: I’m really sad…

Coming through the karting ranks today, Rosberg and Hamilton were first teammates in 2000 with their competitive natures always in play, as revealed by Robert Kubica: “They would even have races to eat pizza, always eating two at a time.”

They bumped heads in the junior ranks, racing against one another in Formula 3 Euro Series and the Macau Grand Prix with Rosberg progressing to the GP2 Series in 2005 and Hamilton a year later.

But throughout it all their friendship prevailed.

“We were always on holiday together because we w

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