 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - kumhanya kunotarisirwa kweMercedes kwakazadzikiswa mukutanga kwemwaka muAustraliauko Hamilton akatora nzvimbo yokutanga, kunyange zvazvo akamanikidzwa kurega gare gare apo shamwari yake yechikwata Rosberg yakakunda nemasekondi anopfuura 20. MuMalaysia, Hamilton akahwina mujaho wake wekutanga wemwaka kubva padanho repamusoro muMercedes 12, timu yekutanga kubvira. MuBahrain, Hamilton akawana nzvimbo yechipiri sezvo motokari mbiri dzeMercedes dzakapinda mumutsara wokutanga. Hamilton akabatanidzwa mukukwikwidzana kwakasimba naRosberg munhangemutange yose. Motokari yokuchengetedzwa yakaita seyakanga yaenda kuna Rosberg, uyo akanga ane rubatsiro rwekuva nematairi akakurumidza, asi mushure mekutangazve Hamilton akabata zvakasimba mukusangana kwevhiri-ku-vhiri kuti atore kukunda kwakatevedzana kwekutanga kubva ku1960. Mushure memakwikwi vaviri vacho vakaita kurwa kwekunyepedzera, kunyangwe zvakazoonekwa kuti Rosberg akashandisa injini modhi dzakarambidzwa neMercedes kuti azvipe simba pamusoro paHamilton mumatunhu ekupedzisira. 