Head To Head Nico Rosberg vs Lewis Hamilton

[Brogan]

I would rather see racing than strategy.

We had years of strategy and it was as boring as fuck.

 

[snowy]

Would it?

Then it's a case of the best driver wins, rather than strategy.

The strategy is decided in qualifying and almost cast in stone, and the kind of fowl up we saw in Hungary ensues. Were it not for Nico making errors it would be very different, were they allowed flexibility and privacy Nico may have different tools and opportunities to outwit Lewis. There are all sorts of variables and creative opportunities that are not being explored, exploited and shared with the intrigue thirsty F1 fans.

 

[Brogan]

Racing is racing.

If Rosberg still can't win starting from the front then...

 

[snowy]

...he should be allowed to win from the rear, the same as Lewis Hamilton was conspicuously denied in Hungary.

 

[Mephistopheles]

I would have thought the team would want to keep the two drivers apart on track after spa

 

[snowy]

The team don't know what they want, they are a bunch of brainless Chickens... or should I say Brawnless Chickens.

 

[Brogan]

Quite honestly, I don't see many others complaining about it.
You seem to be in a band of one.

...he should be allowed to win from the rear

Hamilton has done so, several times.

There is nothing stopping Rosberg from doing so, other than skill and the ability to make an overtake.

 

[snowy]

That's quite harsh. There is more than one way to skin a cat but if you are both given spoons...

 

[Brogan]

It's not harsh at all, it's a reflection of the races this season where they have actually been racing each other due to being in close proximity on the circuit.

In (almost?) every case, Hamilton has come out on top.

If that's not racing, I don't know what is.

 

[snowy]

It's more like a facsimile of racing. Were they in different teams they would be utilising all the tools in the box. Exploring all the ways and means necessary to win or at least optimise their strengths and expose their opponents weaknesses.

 

[no-FIAt-please]

Brogan Only in Austria has Rosberg beaten Hamilton fair and square. All other races this season he's either lost or had a significant advantage over Hamilton.

The fact that the Mercedes boss (Wolff), is saying that double points could mar the whole season speaks volumes about who he really thinks deserves to win the title when you consider the only possible beneficiary of double points is one of his drivers! (and only Rosberg)

 

[Brogan]

We obviously have very different ideas of what racing is.

 

[snowy]

It's a very similar problem to the one posed by DRS, it appears to answer the problem of overtaking on track but it is contrived and insipid.

 

[cider_and_toast]

I wonder if the strategy control between the two of them has been in place all season or has it been introduced after an incident such as Spa or (which race was it?) where Lewis was given a team order which (rightly in my opinion) he ignored on account of the fact he was over a minute up the road.

 

[snowy]

That was Hungary. Had Lewis been allowed to change his strategy and exploit his brand new sets of soft tyres he would have won that race from a pitlane start.

 

[cider_and_toast]

It's fascinating that Rosberg's only period of dominance this season is book ended by Monaco and Spa. With both races involving incidents between the two yet the outcome was different after each one.

 

[snowy]

It's fascinating that Rosberg's only period of dominance this season is book ended by Monaco and Spa. With both races involving incidents between the two yet the outcome was different after each one.

The out comes were "fairly" similar, Lewis ended up being right royally screwed.

 

[cider_and_toast]

Nah, I meant the outcome for the season over all. Right after the Champers bottles were emptied in Monaco, Hamilton was ranting to the point he was about to burst about lost friendships etc etc, this was followed by a down turn in his performances which was only lifted briefly by a home win (helped by his team mate recording a DNF while leading).

In the aftermath of Spa, in which Rosberg was found not guilty by everyone except his own team, Hamilton has gone on to dominate the next 5 races and kick any threat from Rosberg into the long grass on each occasion.

 

[snowy]

In the aftermath of Spa, in which Rosberg was found not guilty by everyone except his own team, Hamilton has gone on to dominate the next 5 races and kick any threat from Rosberg into the long grass on each occasion.

I for one most certainly did not find Nico not guilty! And I don't believe I am in a minority, and if there were more sane people in the World I'd be in a majority. That was an atrocious and inept example of wheel to wheel racing.

 

[cider_and_toast]

Atrocious and inept maybe but nothing else. Certainly not a deliberate act.