Head To Head Nico Rosberg vs Lewis Hamilton

[Il_leone]

Rosberg does not want to believe he will come out 2nd best though and he can't given he is in the best car at the moment and there is only 1 other person he has to beat to be champ and that is Hamilton.

Hamilton's competitive instincts makes you raise your game otherwise you will simply be crushed like Heikki was

 

[FB]

So 179 pages and 3561 post in are we any closer to deciding who is the better driver? I'm going with Lewis as he's won two World Championships during their time together at Mercedes and Nico hasn't won any

 

[-WBF1-]

You should know better FB. You know it doesn't work like that

 

[cider_and_toast]

If only it were that simple but it's not black and white.

 

[LifeW12]

I reckon this battle is kinds like Hakkinen/Coulthard: both drivers good, but one just better.

 

[RasputinLives]

I thought we'd all concluded it was Hamiton months ago

 

[Dartman]

He has come second 2 years running, if he makes it a third then he will have realised that he should have changed teams 2 years ago

 

[Il_leone]

I think the score line reads

Hamilton 2 titles to NIL titles
Hamilton 23 poles to 18 titles
Hamilton 22 wins to 12 wins
Hamilton 3 times ahead of Rosberg in drivers championship
anything else

I don't think any team mate has suffered such beating at the hands of Hamilton

 

[cider_and_toast]

Hamilton has clearly had the better of Rosberg but your last line is pretty pointless. Hamilton has only had 4 team mates. He and Alonso were neck and neck, Button finished ahead of Hamilton in the championship, Heiki was employed to be a good boy and do as he was told and that only leaves Rosberg.

 

[RasputinLives]

Shusssssshh cider_and_toast don't mention the Button thing. We'll have endless proving that he didn't actually finish in front of Hamilton and if he did it was only because Button's entire focus and life purpose was to beat Hamilton where as Hamilton was trying to win the championship.

 

[cider_and_toast]

Sorry. <get's coat> >>>>>>>>>>

 

[Il_leone]

cider_and_toast I spoke too soon about Rosberg's current form where his 6 poles and 3 wins in a row -... no one has done that to Hamilton

BUT no one has managed to lose 3 seasons in a row to Hamilton as teammate

I should add Hamilton or somebody else needs to win in Melbourne because stats say a driver winning 4 in a row is always world champion

 

[Spinodontosaurus]

Nobody else has lost 3 seasons in a row to Hamilton because only 2 of his 4 team mates were with him long enough to even have a chance at that.

 

[snowy]

Nico winning three in a row is the best thing that could possibly have happened to Lewis this season. He'll spend the winter scheming and training instead of drinking too much and gettin down with his homies.

 

[cider_and_toast]

Nah, he'll do both.

 

[Il_leone]

I did read Lewis said he had a few drinks and nice to see that he told Ron Dennis to change his ways

 

[olegg]

Wolff: Driver tension may force line-up change

What does he mean when he says that
"The biggest weakness is the dynamic of the relationship between the drivers – and sometimes between the drivers and the team."?

Intrigue of season 2016 begins right now.

 

[Olivier]

I haven't really been into this F1 season but from my stand point, Rosberg winning the last 3 races of the season was not really a surprise. Lewis had already won the WDC and Mercedes needed Nico to be 2nd best. I'm not saying Lewis agreed to lose rather that he didn't make the extra effort that he would have if the championship was still undecided.

 

[Dartman]

Where would Rosberg go? but Hamilton in a Ferrari is Wolff's worst nightmare,and Ferrari will dump the second driver to have him whatever the cost

 

[Johnny Carwash]

Nothing is going to change between the two drivers whilst Mercedes is odds on to finish 1-2 in every race.