Hamilton Collector – 2013-2016: Rosberg and Hamilton, brothers turned enemies

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This is the story of two kids so similar that it's disturbing. Born in the same year, in 1985, with a few months between them (January 7 for Lewis Hamilton and June 27 for Nico Rosberg), the two kids first met in 1997, when they were racing karts in Italy. They quickly became friends and became teammates three years later for MBM.com (Mercedes Benz McLaren) in Formula A. We had built this team specifically for them, through an agreement with Ron Dennis, remembers Dino Chiesa, the boss of MBM.com. This program was supposed to last three years, but Nico and Lewis were so fast, they moved on tox promotion formulas after only two years. Nico turned to BMW and Lewis to Renault"

The Briton, who is said to be more gifted, is crowned. Despite a competitive climate, as in all youth categories, the two 16-year-olds are very close. Together, they get up to mischief. "I saw them eating pizzas at high speed, to see who would finish their dish first.", recalls Robert Kubica, an opponent in karting and then in F1. Dino Chiesa often mends the broken pots, because the hellish duo is turbulent. A team of karting has only 5 or 6 members including pilots, he told the newspaper