2016 Formula 1 champion Nico Rosberg believes Toto Wolff's recent comments about Mercedes rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli point to pressure in the background as he is "very calculated in his comments".

While the Italian driver has seen a level of success during his rookie season with the Brackley outfit, including securing pole position for the Miami sprint race and his first F1 podium with a third-place finish at the Canadian Grand Prix, he has also run into struggles.

Wolff had previously been strong in his support for Antonelli, but after a ninth-place finish in the Italian Grand Prix, the Austrian branded the race as "underwhelming".

"Underwhelming this weekend. Underwhelming. You can't put the car in the gravel bed and expect to be there. All of the race was underwhelming. It do

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