Overview
- In early June Rosberg told the High Performance podcast that he consciously abandoned his natural "too nice" approach and trained to be firmer in races so he could compete with Lewis Hamilton.
- Rosberg said that rehearsal, meditation with a posture of strength, and repeated visualisation helped him hold his ground on track and that those tactics led to several collisions with Hamilton.
- He admitted many of the high‑profile clashes were largely his fault because Hamilton was so strong in the car, but argued the toughness was necessary to change how rivals treated him.
- Rosberg also recounted psychological games from his earlier teammate Michael Schumacher, including parking and locker‑room tactics that he says were meant to unnerve him.
- Speaking broadly, Rosberg compared his experience to modern rivalries and suggested drivers such as Lando Norris may need similar assertiveness to alter how opponents like Max Verstappen race them.