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From Lewis Hamilton to Kevin Pietersen – who’s the worst team player?

And why Jonny Wilkinson may be the best

Lewis Hamilton with Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg Photo: Getty 
issue 31 May 2014

Ah teamwork! There’s no me in team, as David Brent used to observe sagely, but there are often plenty of cocks, as he didn’t. And really, you get to thinking, Lewis Hamilton ought to start sorting himself out. He whines and moans just a tad too much. Watching Lewis and Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg on the podium at Monaco, it was impossible to imagine how one human being could ignore another in so many ways in such a confined space.

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Roger Alton
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Roger Alton is a former editor of the Observer and the Independent. He writes the Spectator Sport column.

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