Nico Rosberg hopes to repair his relationship with former Mercedes Formula 1 rival Lewis Hamilton in the future following their falling out during the height of their championsh♔ip battle in 2016.

Rosberg and Hamilton went toe-to-toe for the F1 drivers🤡' title every year from 2014 to 2016, wit⛄h Rosberg finally claiming his maiden crown at the third attempt before retiring from racing just days later.

Relations between the duo soured dr🌜amatically during their time together with a number of on-track incidents, with Mercedes notingꦇ an improved atmosphere at the team in 2017 following Rosberg's departure and the arrival of Valtteri Bottas.

Speaking in a YouTube Q&A, Rosberg was asked by a fan how he kept his cool in the tea🎀m and if Hamilton was "as annoying behind the cameras as he is on them".

"Of course there is going to be the o🧸dd Lewis question, so I'm going to answer that, why not?" Rosberg said.

"How did I keep my cool in the team? That's what I was racing for, that sort of battle. It doesn't get better than that, to 💟battle against one of the best of all-time in the same car a🥃s you, awesome.

"And then to come out beating him in the very end, better than that is not possible🐎. That's why it gave me such fulfilment also for my career. It couldn't have ended in a better way, and the opponent counts in that.

"And is Lewis as annoying? We were reall🅷y good friends back in the day, and I still have a lot of respect for him and a🅺lways will have.

"In private he's a good guy. Of course it's always different the way you get perceived on camera and the way you are in that bigᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ F1 world, but in private I can say he's a really good guy with some good val꧟ues and everything.

"🐠So I hope maybe with time one day we can get back to get🎐ting on better."