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Mercedes denies lead-swap conspiracy theories

Getty Images Enlarge Mercedes has moved quickly to stamp out conspiracy theories suggesting Nico Rosberg gave up the lead of the Italian Grand Prix to team-mate Lewis Hamilton under team orders. Rosberg took the lead at the start after Hamilton made a slow getaway from pole position, but Hamilton fought back to put pressure on his team-mate on lap 28. Rosberg ran wide on the following lap at Turn 1 and lost the lead while negotiating the slalom of polystyrene blocks in the run off area. After the race there were some suggestions Rosberg skipped the chicane under orders from his team in retribution for the collision he admitted to causing at the Belgian Grand Prix two weeks ago. But when...
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