Mercedes driver duel has hidden depths


Mercedes Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain (C) and teammate Nico Rosberg of Germany (center, R) pose for pictures with the Mercedes team after the Bahrain F1 Grand Prix at the Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) in Sakhir, south of Manama April 6, 2014. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

LONDON (Reuters) - The rivalry between Mercedes team mates Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg produced an epic battle under the floodlights in Bahrain last weekend but what Formula One fans saw was just the tip of the iceberg.

Behind the scenes, on separate sides of the garage and with teams of engineers trawling through banks of data, another duel unfolded witnessed only by those privileged few on the inside.

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