Damon's pretty clear. And he may have some knowledge of these incidents...
Head To Head Nico Rosberg vs Lewis Hamilton
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1994 - Schumacher goes off the road and into a wall breaking the suspension on his car. He rejoins the track and its clear his car will not be able to continue but attempts to defend his position anyway (or maybe attempts to delib take Schumacher out). Hill attempts to pass him on instinct but admits if he'd been smarter and more experience he'd have waited rather than diving down the inside. They collide and are both out.
2016 - Nico Rosberg is in the wrong power mode for 5 seconds meaning his exit speed on to the straight is slightly down on the car behind him. When I say slightly down I do mean marginally as it wasn't like the whole pack was catching him and swarming past. He attempts to defend his position. Drivers run out of room. Racing incident.
I can see why you're trying to subtly compare the two but (in my opinion) they are a million miles away from each other?
Has Alain Prost said anything? Maybe we can compare it to Suzuka 1990?
2016 - Nico Rosberg is in the wrong power mode for 5 seconds meaning his exit speed on to the straight is slightly down on the car behind him. When I say slightly down I do mean marginally as it wasn't like the whole pack was catching him and swarming past. He attempts to defend his position. Drivers run out of room. Racing incident.
I can see why you're trying to subtly compare the two but (in my opinion) they are a million miles away from each other?
Has Alain Prost said anything? Maybe we can compare it to Suzuka 1990?
I'm not really trying to compare. But it is true he knows about being chopped up.
Brundle's final word.
Brundle's final word.
We're you not trying to compare? Sorry my mistake.
I like Brundle but I Don't always agree with him. It was certainly a 50/50 split between the Sky team on who was to blame. Croft, Lazenby and Herbert echoed what Lauda and Stewart said. Not sure if anyone has seen that footage. Sorry I can't post it here to give you all a look at the other side.
I like Brundle but I Don't always agree with him. It was certainly a 50/50 split between the Sky team on who was to blame. Croft, Lazenby and Herbert echoed what Lauda and Stewart said. Not sure if anyone has seen that footage. Sorry I can't post it here to give you all a look at the other side.
Lewis Hamilton-Nico Rosberg's Spanish GP crash: Toto Wolff Q&A
Toto Wolff
"A very unfortunate racing incident brought about by various circumstances and very difficult to judge"
Toto Wolff
"A very unfortunate racing incident brought about by various circumstances and very difficult to judge"
'Stupid' Lewis Hamilton to blame for Spanish Grand Prix crash with Nico Rosberg, says Niki Lauda
Can't find footage of the Lauda interview but this article covers it.
Can't find footage of the Lauda interview but this article covers it.
Jackie Stewart firmly came down on Rosberg side! Blimey.
Jackie Stewart: Mercedes should fine Lewis Hamilton for crash with Rosberg
Jackie Stewart: Mercedes should fine Lewis Hamilton for crash with Rosberg
I'd say it's pretty obvious who makes a more compelling case.
edit - Crofty's live call was rather embarrassing.
double edit - Lauda spoke to the Media immediately following the incident. He was completely ignorant of the actual facts concerning engine modes.
triple edit - Lazenby never really gave his opinion and Johnny Herbert apparently texted something to Damon that leaned towards Rosberg.
edit - Crofty's live call was rather embarrassing.
double edit - Lauda spoke to the Media immediately following the incident. He was completely ignorant of the actual facts concerning engine modes.
triple edit - Lazenby never really gave his opinion and Johnny Herbert apparently texted something to Damon that leaned towards Rosberg.
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They asked Prost about Japan on Channel 4 after the race and his response was along the lines of "totally different, the motivation was different and you can't compare the two".
Interestingly on how those inside the sport see things, Peter Warr wrote in his biography that he felt Senna made a legitimate move at Suzuka and Prost deliberately turned across him. It's a funny old sport.
Interestingly on how those inside the sport see things, Peter Warr wrote in his biography that he felt Senna made a legitimate move at Suzuka and Prost deliberately turned across him. It's a funny old sport.
Obvious to you maybe. It seems everyone is 50/50 on this one. Hence why I think it's common sense that it's silly trying to apply blame to one specific driver(and other phrases that make my view seem more rational).
Lauda, Herbert and Stewart vs Brundle, Hill and Hobbs. It's a source war I tell ya.
Suzuka 89 is the more apt comparison. A late slamming of the door.
And for the record it's about 85/15 Rosberg in my book for Spain.
And for the record it's about 85/15 Rosberg in my book for Spain.
He did quite early and when they were traveling at roughly the exact same speed.
The 17 km/h speed advantage Lewis had due to Nico's issues on the run to Turn 4 are what differentiate the two.
The 17 km/h speed advantage Lewis had due to Nico's issues on the run to Turn 4 are what differentiate the two.
Rosberg had a speed advantage at turn 1 due to getting off the line.
You backed Hamilton well before the engine mode was publicised as well as in every other incident regardless of fact.
RasputinLives - Prost came down firmly on the side of racing incident.
You backed Hamilton well before the engine mode was publicised as well as in every other incident regardless of fact.
RasputinLives - Prost came down firmly on the side of racing incident.
This is not correct. If you've seen the side by side onboards the starts were nearly identical. Rosberg benefited from the longest run down to T1 on the calendar and slipstreamed/outbraked Lewis.
So Rosberg got past because Hamilton was defending the inside and Rosberg went the other way.
Yes, and it is a great deal easier to achieve this maneuver when you're not closing at 17 km/h having already put your wing inside the other driver's tire.
He moved inside early. He's allowed one move. Hamilton went the same way. Thus racing incident.
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