Azerbaijan, a new race past year, is the only grand prix on Formula One's current calendar that Lewis Hamilton has yet to win and the Briton heads back to Baku determined to deliver this weekend. "You're being benchmarked constantly on the current performance", Mercedes head of motorsport Toto Wolff said.
The retired Rosberg won the inaugural race at the Baku City Circuit in 2016 - then under the guise of the European Grand Prix - en route to claiming the world title.
Hamilton is confident Mercedes' issues with inconsistency this year have been resolved.
Hamilton and Vettel both have three wins from seven races, with champions Mercedes - despite trying to portray themselves as underdogs - ahead 4-3 thanks to Valtteri Bottas's win in Russian Federation.
Lewis Hamilton has said he is not really "thinking" about his Formula 1 future at the moment, but did admit to having a bucket list he would like to tick off. It will still be hard but the race engineer himself he has got too much to do and if it's for both the cars it's pretty easy.
Valtteri Bottas, Hamilton's new teammate and the only other driver to win a race, is in third place and trails Vettel by 48 points.
"It's what the best are made of - when the going is tough, they get over it".
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Ferrari has been more reliable and might even be slightly faster than Mercedes.
The 6-kilometer (3.7-mile) circuit glides through the city's medieval walls and passes the Caspian sea.
4 - Hamilton recorded his fourth career Grand Slam in Canada, the same tally that Jackie Stewart, Nigel Mansell, Sebastian Vettel and Ayrton Senna managed.
Fresh from a glorious season-saving triumph at one of his favourite venues, Lewis Hamilton sets out to tame his unpredictable and sometimes wayward "diva" of a Mercedes again as the Formula One circus endures sizzling heat at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Bottas clocked the highest ever recorded speed in a Formula One session during qualifying in Baku past year with Williams, hitting 373 kph on the longest straight of any race on the calendar.
But he has secured only one podium and failed to finish three races so far this season.
Fernando Alonso will start Sunday's race from the back of the grid following a series of changes to his Honda engine.
McLaren is the only team yet to score a point.
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