Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua whakamaharatia anōtia a Lewis Hamilton rāua ko Nico Rosberg ki ā rāua kawenga ki a Mercedes i muri i te kaha o te kapa ki te aro atu ki te taumahatanga i piki ake i waenganui i a rāua i Haina i te Ratapu. E whakapono ana te tumuaki o Mercedes motorsport a Toto Wolff kua oti te mahi i muri i te tangi a Rosberg mo nga tikanga 'whaiaro' a Hamilton whai muri i to raatau mutunga kotahi-rua i te Shanghai International Circuit. I whakawāteatia a Hamilton i ngā hara katoa e Wolff rāua ko te tumuaki kore-whakahaere o Mercedes, ko Niki Lauda, ahakoa i whakarato te raruraru i tētahi atu āhuatanga hei ako mai. Kei te whakanui a Lewis Hamilton i runga i te paepae i muri i tana wikitoria i te Grand Prix o Haina i te Ratapu. I ārahi a Hamilton i tana hoa kapa Mercedes a Nico Rosberg ki Shanghai kia mau tonu tana ārahi i te whakataetae. I te whakataetae e whai ake nei i Bahrain i muri mai i te Ratapu, ka mea a Wolff: 'I kite matou i nga raruraru i waenga i a Nico raua ko Lewis i te whakataetae, a ka aro atu matou ki a raatau i te po o te Ratapu ki te aukati i tetahi mea e kawe ana ki tenei wiki. 'Ki te kaha te whakataetae, he mea noa iho ka nui ake te kaha o ngā āhuatanga - ā, ehara i te mea e hiahia ana mātou ki te huri. 'Kei te tino arotahi nga kaihauturu e rua ki te tuku i te tino mahinga i Bahrain me to maatau kohinga kia pai te whakatutuki i nga tono o te ara. 'Kei te mau tonu i a mātau te ariā o te tuku i ngā taraiwa ki te whakataetae, engari e mōhio ana rāua e rua ko te kaupapa matua mō te kapa, ko te wikitōria mō Mercedes-Benz.' Mo Rosberg, ina koa, he waimarie te whakataetae mo te utu tere mai i te mea ko te 29-tau-tau kua pahemo i tenei wa e Hamilton, kua mutu i mua i runga i te mata i muri i te tohu me nga whakataetae e toru tae noa ki tenei ra. Ko Hamilton, nāna i whakawātea, ā, i whakaoti i mua i a Rosberg i ia whakataetae, ka whakawai i tētahi kōtiro kōtiro ki te waipiro. 'He mutunga wiki whakaharahara a Haina ki a au, ā, e hari ana ahau kei a mātou tētahi atu whakataetae kia hohoro ai te hoki ki te mahi,' i kī a Rosberg. 'Kua pai te tīmatanga o te kapa ki te tau, ā, mā tēnei motokā mīharo kua hangaia e rātou, e mōhio ana au me rapu anō au i roto i ahau kia hoki ki runga...
Ko Lewis Hamilton rāua ko Nico Rosberg hei whakahou i te whakataetae taitara F1 i te Bahrain GP. I piki ake te riri i Haina i muri i te whakapae a Rosberg ki a Hamilton he 'whaiaro' Engari e whakapono ana te tumuaki o Mercedes a Toto Wolff kua oti te mahi. Ka eke a Hamilton ki te whakataetae i Bahrain e ārahi ana i te toa o te ao.