Poll Was it on purpose?

[Legs]

Why else would the marshals use yellow flags?

My point is that many of the uses of yellow flags, like the deployment of safety cars in the rain, seem a little over-cautious, to the detriment of the sport while not enhancing safety.

 

[Bill Boddy]

That is, of course, a different kettle of fish. I suppose what you mean by "over-cautious", I would prefer a modicum of that to having a dangerous accident happen because yellow flags were not used.

 

[Mephistopheles]

After all F1 can afford to kill a couple of Marshals per year can't they, maybe they should do away with those pesky yellow flags altogether..

 

[Brogan]

Lauda and Wolff said they believed him (Rosberg), and more importantly the race stewards apparently did too, their verdict being there was "no evidence of an offence".

But Hamilton, Lauda admitted, did not. And nor, it has to be said, did many people within the paddock, even if some said they believed Rosberg was not that kind of guy.

At least four drivers from leading teams said in private that they felt it was obvious from the behaviour of the car, and Rosberg's hand movements on the steering wheel, that he had done it deliberately. Two ex-F1 drivers agreed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/27569606

 

[FB]

Well, if mind games are being played then Nico took a 30-15 lead in the match at Monaco.

 

[Mephistopheles]

And on the flip side of that article there was at least one driver who said if he did do it on purpose then he made a bloody good job of it, meaning to make it look real would take exceptional skill.

Lets not forget that the stewards have far more information than we do including telemetry and different camera angles, all we have (And the other drivers for that matter.) is what we see on the TV screen and what the press force feed us to create a crap story where no story exists.

Maybe Schumacher did some astral projection and entered Nico's body to create the incident, that seems perfectly reasonable to me.

 

[Mephistopheles]

I think that would be 30 all FB if you consider the we are not friends remark an ace serve that is

 

[TomysF1]

We probably will never know but I voted yes. I do believe there was certain purpose in it

 

[Brogan]

Courtesy of https://twitter.com/tgruener

https://twitter.com/tgruener/status/471284566305832960

Monaco quali Q3: ROS final run was 0.124s slower in sector 1 because of mistake in T4. HAM also 0.080s down.

https://twitter.com/tgruener/status/471284694013992960

Timing data also shows: ROS 6,9 kph faster on his final run. Measuring point S1/S2 on straight before Mirabeau.

https://twitter.com/tgruener/status/471287613731926016

AMuS exclusive: Telemetry shows: Both Merc braked 8m later in T1 compared to 1st run. ROS braked 10m later into Mirabeau T5. Too late

 

[no-FIAt-please]

So Hamilton was 0.080 up on his prevous best in S1, enough to put him on pole if he could replicate his previous S2 and S3 times.

Rosberg braked 10m later into Mirabeau, isn't 10m a huge amount in a corner like that, too much to for it to be accidental?

 

[teabagyokel]

Not if they both breaked 8m later into St. Devote...

 

[Wombcat]

Or if Hamilton braked 8 m later into Mirabeau. The is was too late for Rosberg, but not so much too late. I.e. an error.

 

[gethinceri]

But what does the poll say? That's what really matters.

 

[Splash]

Maybe the pressure of knowing that Lewis was faster than him just got to Nico and he cracked.

 

[Jen]

Only faster in some places, which meant he (Nico) was faster in others?

 

[Greenlantern101]

Charlie has an idea

http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/...-flags/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

 

[Hamberg]

Charlie has an idea

http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/...-flags/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

I think you'll find if you read up a bit, that was Titch's idea!

 

[Titch]

Charlie either spies on us or he's a closet member of CTA.

 

[Greenlantern101]

OMG Titch are you Charlie?

 

[Titch]

Not when I last looked!!