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Who I'd pick to replace Rosberg

In his first 'Fifth Column' for Autosport for almost a decade, Nigel Roebuck argues that Mercedes should've called on Lewis Hamilton's most notorious past team-mate to replace Nico Rosberg

Nine years on, here I am, typing 'Fifth Column' at the top of the screen once again, and thinking back to the last time, in December 2007.

This was the year when three drivers went to the final race to settle the world championship, and the least favoured of the trio, Kimi Raikkonen, nicked the title by a point from Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso.

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