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 "I spoke to (Mercedes motorsport head) Toto (Wolff) and (technical
head) Paddy (Lowe) about an invitation for Sebastian and they are
easy with it," he told his followers on Twitter on Tuesday.
"Dear Seb, this is the official invitation to join our debrief
Friday 16.00 at Sepang. See you there, don't forget your notebook!,"
he added.
The two Germans had exchanged banter in the post-race news
conference at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix after Rosberg
suggested he would like to see Vettel and other rivals close the
performance gap to Mercedes.
"I think in the next couple of races we’re going to be leading the
way for sure, and we’re going to try and keep it that way, but we
know it would be good if they can come a bit closer, as long as they
don’t come too close," Rosberg said.
Vettel, who is not on Twitter and finished third in the race, took
that with some scepticism.
"Be honest. Do you really hope so? Seriously? You finished 30
seconds ahead of us and you hope it’s going to be closer? So you
hope you slow down? Is that what you’re saying?," asked the four
times world champion.
Rosberg replied that he hoped his compatriot could give himself and
double champion team mate Lewis Hamilton, winner in Melbourne, a
challenge for the good of the sport.
"Half of me –- or a part of me –- thinks about the show because I
want to give people a great time at home watching on TV or at the
track. If you do come a bit closer, that would be awesome for
everybody," he said.
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Vettel jokingly suggested that Mercedes might like to open their
garage to everyone in Malaysia, to which Rosberg replied that he
would invite him.
"OK, thank you for the invite, I’ll come," said Vettel, who joined
Ferrari from Red Bull at the end of last year.
"Friday Malaysia, OK," retorted Rosberg.
"Engineers room? Debrief, I’ll be there," promised Vettel.
Champions Mercedes, who won 16 of 19 races last year, finished
one-two in Malaysia after securing their 12th pole position in a
row.
The Malaysian Grand Prix is on March 29.
(Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Justin Palmer)
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