Head To Head Nico Rosberg vs Lewis Hamilton

[Il_leone]

FB exactly but I think it was Hamilton who protested that ALonso blocked him in quali Hungary 2007 as mclaren did not want the stewards to intervene in a team matter... and boy did it cause a serious political storm

 

[Jen]

All they actually needed was to keep their business to themselves - who breached that idea first?

I genuinely don't know, but am beginning to find it all a bit bloody childish.

If there had been any infringement of the rules then there would have been a penalty - is the first lap steward-free or the first two laps? I know many here are in protest with the FIA stewardship and it's inconsistency, but it is all there is currently.

To all who offer up 'whistle-blowing', flogging and torture to extract truth - whatever that may be - I would say it is JUST racing!

It is fun. It has history. It is innovative and technologically advanced. The drivers, well most, thrill us with their skills and expertise - it is still just racing; a personal obsession no more.

Sorry, I'm losing the will to live.

 

[FB]

Yeah, but what else would we have to talk about Jen if we didn't argue about F1. I think I'd be out on the streets with a baseball bat

 

[Jen]

Hitting people? Heaven forfend!

I know what you're saying, but why can't folks just enjoy the racing now and then without entering into a discussion about tactics, strategy, personality and bloody history? And just being horrid to each other?

 

[FB]

It is strange isn't it. In the glory days of "the other place" there used to be more arguments and aggression on the F1 boards than on the football boards and, given the propensity of football fans to hit first and ask questions after, you have to wonder why this happens in F1 discussions.

 

[Il_leone]

FB this is not 606 where there is plenty of these stupid childish argument

 

[FB]

Indeed not Il_leone but the passion in F1 discussions is often more aggressive (maybe not the right word) than it often is in football, which is far more tribal.

 

[Titch]

Has Rosberg actually explained what point he was making? It seems to me to be a strange way of doing it. Two cars at speeds of ...well at the very least 180mph... deliberately colliding.. to make a point, is a little suicidal, to say the least.
If I was his new wife, I might be a little on the troubled side at the moment.

 

[Mezzer]

Apart from destroying his relationship with the team.

If Toto doesn't control this properly the damage is already done.

 

[FB]

Lewis would be better off keeping this internal at Merc and using it to his advantage to make sure he gets preferential treatment than bringing the FIA in.

 

[Il_leone]

Titch - the criticisms labelled against Rosberg are the same that Button was labelled

- Not in the same league as Lewis
- Not as talented as Lewis
- Cannot beat Lewis in a straight fight ( all his wins have been when Lewis has hit a problem or in Monaco through dubious tactics)
- Not as fast as Lewis

So what Nico wanted to prove today was he could win the race by overtaking Lewis and therefore deserves to be world champion leader

 

[Mezzer]

I'd suggest a mechanical problem that causes Nico to be unable to participate in P1 and/or P2 next race ...

 

[Mezzer]

Il_leone So he failed?

 

[Titch]

By causing a high speed accident. Very intelligent.

 

[olegg]

It's very bad situation for team.
It's is good that they have more points reserve in the championship to survive this bad period in the season.

 

[olegg]

But I strongly doubt that the pair of the Mercedes drivers in the next season is so obvious now

 

[Titch]

Maybe Lewis could go to the police and say that someone ..in a fit of road rage, tried to kill him.... ( Of course I'm not serious, just making a point). But if Rosberg has really said that it was a deliberate action, then it can't go unpunished, it was dangerous and stupid.

 

[chris1981]

can someone explain the difference between deliberately hitting someone else and deliberately not avoiding someone else? Just a tad confused

 

[Mezzer]

There's a difference, it's just the intention that's the same.

 

[Il_leone]

Mezzer the damage has been done