Head To Head Nico Rosberg vs Lewis Hamilton

[teabagyokel]

So, Monza next...

 

[sushifiesta]

There's only one championship battle this year Jen ...

 

[KekeTheKing]

Such slight contact causing such massive problems.

Very clumsy stuff from Nico. The overtake was never really on, and he had more than enough time to fall into line as dozens of other drivers did throughout the GP when it became clear that the space was going to disappear.

 

[Jen]

Would you be so censorious if it had been the other way round?

These two have a history and will always fight to prove a point and win the race.

They could have 'fallen into line' but it would have belied their own heritage!

 

[Jen]

There's only one championship battle this year Jen ...

Possibly so.

 

[KekeTheKing]

If he had fallen into line when it became clear the overtake was not realistic, he may have still won the race. He cost himself a chance at victory there too.

It's pretty obvious what happened Jen and Mercedes know it was a foolish maneuver on Rosberg's part.

 

[Bill Boddy]

They are both in the same team for heaven's sake. It is up to both of them to ensure that they do not take each other out. Rosberg should not have been there but equally Hamilton should have left him space.

 

[chris1981]

If he had fallen into line when it became clear the overtake was not realistic, he may have still won the race. He cost himself a chance at victory there too.

It's pretty obvious what happened Jen and Mercedes know it was a foolish maneuver on Rosberg's part.

I think he is more interested in finishing ahead of Lewis even if its 4th and 5th. He got his championship hat on.

 

[cider_and_toast]

It's not going to end well I tells ya!

 

[Rutherford]

They are both in the same team for heaven's sake. It is up to both of them to ensure that they do not take each other out. Rosberg should not have been there but equally Hamilton should have left him space.

In that case, he shouldn't have been where he was in Bahrain in some turns, what a boring race that would have turned out to be.

 

[KekeTheKing]

Hamilton should have left him space.

I think he can be forgiven for expecting his teammate to get his front wing out of the racing line on the second lap when there was zero chance for an overtake.

And I'm afraid there's no regulations stating someone needs to leave space for a car behind them.

 

[Titch]

Watch the slow motion replay, Lewis didn't move in on Nico. At best Nico is guilty of over enthusiasm, he wants that championship so badly that he doesn't really think it through.

 

[Wombcat]

At the plusside: there's something to discuss until the next race

 

[chris1981]

On a slightly separate note, what do people expect Merc to do? Surely the worst is to "tell him off" - big wows!

They are hardly likely to ban him for a race so really sitting down and talking is pointless.

 

[Wombcat]

Or they'll tell both drivers that whoever wins the sprint to the first corner is not te be attacked anymore until the last lap.
Now that would be fun.

 

[KekeTheKing]

The fact that Lewis is only 29 points adrift is somewhat of a miracle. I'm sure he can take a little consolation in that.

 

[Rutherford]

I think he can be forgiven for expecting his teammate to get his front wing out of the racing line on the second lap when there was zero chance for an overtake.

And I'm afraid there's no regulations stating someone needs to leave space for a car behind them.

There was a chance of overtaking Hamilton, maybe not in that turn but in the following. He could have forced Hamilton into an error or made him slower because he would have had to defend against Rosberg, it was at least preparation for an overtake.

Watch the slow motion replay, Lewis didn't move in on Nico. At best Nico is guilty of over enthusiasm, he wants that championship so badly that he doesn't really think it through.

He did move towards Nico as he moves in the direction of the next turn, whilst Nico was trying to stay within in the boundaries of the racing track.

Even if Rosberg had noticed that less was moving, unintentionally as it was more of a slide, it was too late for him to react as in real time it all happend within a blink of an eye, whilst you're analysing it in slow-motion.

 

[Bill Boddy]

Shades of Hakkinen and Coulthard at McLaren, that cost Coulthard a lot of popularity Wombcat.

 

[Titch]

Yes but the slow motion shows that Lewis did not slide anywhere! Once again NR wants LH to move off line to let him go past.

 

[Bullet190]

They are both in the same team for heaven's sake. It is up to both of them to ensure that they do not take each other out. Rosberg should not have been there but equally Hamilton should have left him space.

If Rosberg put himself in a place that he shouldn't have been then it's his responsibility to get himself out of that place. He was behind and there was room for him to move over like Alonso and Button had to do many times but he chose not to.