Nico Rosberg has accused Lewis Hamilton of being ‘soft’ in losing the lead during Sunday’s French Grand Prix. Rosberg, the 2016 world champion, was reflecting on how his one-time title adversary ceded ground to Red Bull’s Max Verstappen on the penultimate lap, saying: ‘Unusual from Lewis. Hamilton, who finished second, responded to his one-time friend’s remarks on Sky Sports, saying: ‘Firstly, there are marbles on the inside of the track so I didn’t want to make my tyres worse than they were. Hamilton, who fell victim to a two strategic errors by his Mercedes team, argued that they should have pitted twice, like Verstappen, rather than once. Hamilton’s team-mate Bottas, who finished fourth, was more strident over the radio, saying: ‘Why the f*** did nobody listen to me when I said it was going to be a two-stop race.

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