article_snippet: ‘brothers’ from the worlds of music, film and fashion, the Formula One season will open in Melbourne’s Albert Park a week today and Hamilton’s attention is turning to emulating the man Lewis Hamilton counted as a hero before Lewis Hamilton had ever heard of a rapper.
article_snippet: Mercedes’ pre-season dominance indicates that the 2015 season will be another straight title fight between Lewis Hamilton — of Stevenage, Tewin Wood, Monaco and LA — and his team-mate Nico Rosberg.
article_snippet: the Brazilian’s rivalry with Brazilian’s McLaren team-mate Alain Prost, the cerebral Frenchman, went into a second season, just as Hamilton’s is with his team-mate Nico Rosberg.
article_snippet: So could Hamilton’s succumb to Rosberg, a steelier competitor than Hamilton’s blond, Euro-chic image once suggested?
article_snippet: If Hamilton’s drives to Hamilton’s potential, Hamilton’s natural talent will surely win Hamilton’s the title.
article_snippet: More potential turbulence lies in Hamilton’s contract situation at Mercedes.
article_snippet: Hamilton’s three-year deal expires at the end of the season and Hamilton’s is negotiating Hamilton’s own terms, having dropped Simon Fuller as Hamilton’s manager.
article_snippet: Hamilton’s wants parity with the highest earners on the grid, led by Ferrari new boy Sebastian Vettel, whose deal is worth 50million euros (£36m).
article_snippet: Hamilton, who is careful with Hamilton’s money, as even Hamilton’s father has joked, has surprised Mercedes bosses Niki Lauda and Toto Wolff by how painstakingly detailed Hamilton’s has been in negotiations.
article_snippet: Williams, Ferrari and Red Bull are expected to fight closely for the other podium places.
article_snippet: As for McLaren-Honda, Williams, Ferrari and Red Bull have endured a pre-season horribilis: unreliability and lack of pace compounded by an unexplained injury to perhaps the best pound-for-pound driver in the world, Fernando Alonso, who will miss the Australian Grand Prix after hitting his head in an innocuous-looking testing accident in Barcelona a fortnight ago.
highlights_snippet: Mercedes  dominated pre-season suggesting Lewis Hamilton has a great chance .
  
highlights_snippet: Lewis Hamilton is set to battle for the title with teammate Nico Rosberg again .
  
highlights_snippet: Lewis Hamilton wants parity with the big earners on the grid, led by Sebastian Vettel .