Chastened Rosberg ‘not proud’ of Spa role

As Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg addressed the Formula One media for the first time since departing Spa at war, the body language expressed by the Mercedes drivers spoke volumes.

In front of a crammed press conference room at Monza, the circuit the scene of this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix, all eyes were unsurprisingly trained on the duelling duo.

For the most part, Hamilton was relaxed, taking the questions in his stride, smiling profusely at one point when Fernando Alonso — sat in between the pair — put his arm around the Briton when the Spaniard was asked if he could be an “ambassador for peace”.