Rosberg wasn't like this until Schumacher joined Mercedes he probably told him to toughen up and be more assertive, there was a definite change in him whilst under the wing of schumi ! I hope he looses the title race now as that's not racing

I may be missing something, but after reading all the usual sources all I can find is an admission that he was at fault rather than anything saying it was deliberate.

Which if that was said, I'm surprised the FIA aren't investigating Rosberg

Derek Warwick has just said that action is unlikely because the teams did not want action taken for 'racing incidents', hence the recent change in approach.

Proof beyond a racing incident may be difficult despite all the hyperbole.

I may be missing something, but after reading all the usual sources all I can find is an admission that he was at fault rather than anything saying it was deliberate.

Which if that was said, I'm surprised the FIA aren't investigating Rosberg

 

He's 'supposedly' (according to Hamilton and pretty much backed up by Mercedes) said that he could have avoided the incident but didn't to 'prove a point'. It's not going to go beyond that obviously as Mercedes are not going to publicly drag one of their drivers over the coals and have his race result possibly rubbed out. He could easily have opened the car up and gone over the large run off area (as Vettel did previous lap) but chose not to. These drivers think pretty quick and he knew what he was up to. Off the top of my head I can think back to 3 incidents in the distant past where drivers have gone into the opposition to stop them winning the championship,albeit at the last race of the season. Prost/Senna in consecutive seasons at Suzuka and Schumacher/Hill at Adelaide IIRC. Formula one drivers are ruthless ****ers

 

I suppose the point he was trying to make is to say to Hamilton if I'm alongside you again in a corner I'm going to give you a puncture. :no:  

He does seem to be a not of an arse, Rosberg. I don't like anybody wringing, but being malicious and smiling and jesting about it is worse! Very poor show of character.

Good race though, I imagine Alonso was furious with Magnussen, but I saw the crowding when it happened (moves so to push Alonso a full 2 wheels onto dirt, not run off even) and thought he deserved a penalty and it ruined Alonso's race as he likely would have kept 5th.

Alonso shrugged off Magnussen as a racing incident and said he was having fun rather than worrying about anything else.

I think even he was surprised at the penalty from what I've read.

That's about the height of it.  Alonso knows it was a junior driver trying too hard to defend and didn't seem to bear any malice.  Rosberg on the other hand...

 

Hamilton was bang-on in the post race interview.  Whilst many people might be of the opinon "here he goes again mouthing off!" what he said was seemingly accurate.  His prediction was that Rosberg would get off scot-free and that the bosses were like school teachers who would tell Rosberg off but do nothing and he (Hamilton) would be left with a 29 point deficit to make up.  That's the point here.  Mercedes of course don't want any further action by the FIA as it would lose them points, raise sponsorship issues and split the team internally.  It wouldn't be good for them at all.  The FIA have already said that if they had evidence of the admission before the race end, they would have raised an investigation and likely Rosberg would have received either a one race ban or points would have been deducted.  In the event, they can do nothing because the admission from that smirking little toad came in the post race debrief.

 

He may have said he was sorry that Hamilton had a puncture but no-one believes him.  Look at Monaco and other races where as soon as Hamilton seemed to be getting the upper hand (in the case of Monaco, during qualifying) the dirty tricks hamper is opened up.

 

Schumacher/Hill;  Schumacher/Villeneuve; Vettle/Webber;  Rosberg/Hamilton....spot a pattern here?  Nothing (I would hope) to do with nationality but everything to do with wrecking championship chances.  It was deliberate.  Rosberg knew exactly what he was doing. Alonso was in exactly the same position with Magnussen and avoided a collision. In the case of Lewis, he didn't crowd his team mate out but took the racing line, so Rosberg knew exactly what he was up to.

 

He deserved the boos of the crowd, and although he got away with what he did, knowing that he is unpopular amongst the drivers and fans will have a long lasting demoralising effect on him psychologically and well deserved that would be.  Lets hope that Lewis wipes his nose in it for the rest of the year and Mercedes pull their fingers out and stop the preferential treatment in the garage.  Weak leadership and a spoilt brat as the championship leader aren't doing them any favours.

Edited 25 August, 201411 yr by SEVrs

^ Bang on! 

Off the top of my head I can think back to 3 incidents in the distant past where drivers have gone into the opposition to stop them winning the championship,albeit at the last race of the season. Prost/Senna in consecutive seasons at Suzuka and Schumacher/Hill at Adelaide IIRC. Formula one drivers are ruthless ****ers

 

Schumacher tried it on Villeneuve as well, but he hit the sidepod so didn't cause any damage. I'll never ever forget Martin Brundle, during commentary, almost screaming "That didn't work Michael, you hit the wrong part of him, my friend!"

Rosberg is trying to brush it under the carpet, by saying Mercedes must move on. There is bad blood in the camp now and Hamilton will be out to get one over on Rosberg and there could be further problems at Monza. Rosberg has crossed the line and he knows it, fight with your team mate by all means, but do take each other out. Mercedes will not be happy, because at Spa they were so dominant in qualifying that they should have scored a one - two finish. Thanks to Rosberg they got a two & DNF, giving Red Bull some hope. 

Keep tripping up and Ricciardo could sneek a title, especially with double points at the last race.

After the revelations about what was said in the debrief, personally I imagined the proceedings to be something like this: http://rocheyau.tumblr.com/post/3560937991/bart-ill-be-swinging-my-arms-like-this-and-if-you

It is clearly all a Schumacher led sinister Austrian/German plot to undermine the plucky Brit's attempt to win the driver's championship.

And what is going on with his accent?

Agreed,I was listening and thinking WTF.

If the Rosberg vs Hamilton spat continues, and they carry on taking each other out it's only going to play into Ricciardo's hands.

 

Current points:

 

NR -220

LH - 191

DR - 156

 

If DR takes all the remaining races inc double points, with NR taking 2nd, and LH 3rd then the points will be:

 

NR - 364

DR - 356

LH - 311

 

Any slip up by NR means that DR could take the title.

 

It could go down to the wire at the last race (double points) - if LH takes these as first and NR 2nd, then going into that last race its:

 

LH - 341

NR - 328

 

50 points up for grabs in last race for winner and 36 for 2nd !! Plenty of permutations

Which is a stupid idea.

If Hamilton is 49 or less points behind at the last race then Rosberg will simply drive into him. After the "Monaco Incident" I said Rosberg appeared to have developed the "win at any cost" mentality favoured by his Teutonic brethren and Sundays race seemed to confirm it.

 

Unless the FIA re-investigate the incident following Rosbergs "admission" there's little or any retribution that the team might bring to bear that could compensate Hamilton for the loss of points (unless they fill his car with diesel for Monza).

 

The crowds reaction when he walked on to the podium said it all.

Absolutely.  He is disliked by all now. Even Jensen who in his latter days with Maclaren didn't have the smoothest of times with Lewis, has come out behind Hamilton basically saying the same thing. http://www1.skysports.com/f1/report/24180/9440776/jenson-button-says-nico-rosberg8217-s-move-on-lewis-hamilton-at-spa-was-8216-unbelievable8217-

 

I think that what the pundits, Eddy Jordan in particular, missed out on but the drivers didn't, was that Rosberg carried out a manouvre that was bound to end in a collision as the track was going from a wide steep right turn narrowing into a fast left which meant that short of stop and wave Nico by (which was never going to happen) Hamilton HAD to take the line he did, and Rosberg knew that well enough.  He couldn't have overtaken there without Lewis conceding the line into the corner and since he didn't do that, there was nowhere for Rosberg to go except into Hamilton.  His Royal "smugness" knew that well enough which is why the FIA should now re-open an investigation and serve him a one race ban.  That would even things out.  Mercedes are in an impossible position now because there's nothing they can do to redress the lost points except address the imbalance in the garage resources which we all know exist given Lewis's repeated reliability issues all season. They need to wake up and smell the coffee or be dropped to obscurity next season.

There is always a lead driver and nico has edged out in front.

There is also no room for 2 egos in a team. As soon as you have 2 potential champions in a team there is always going to be trouble and always has been

There is always a lead driver and nico has edged out in front.

There is also no room for 2 egos in a team. As soon as you have 2 potential champions in a team there is always going to be trouble and always has been

Nicely and succinctly expressed Gadgetman!

If nico does win the championship i personally think it will be a hollow victory

He will have won it through unfair sportsmanship (thats twice now) and having better reliability. Thats my thoughts anyway

There is always a lead driver and nico has edged out in front.

When they arrived at Monaco for race 6 Hamilton was 3 points in front. A DNF in Australia put him 25 points behind Rosberg, then 5 wins in a row with Rosberg coming second gave Hamilton the 'edge' and that's when Rosberg or his management realised they weren't going to beat Hamilton wheel to wheel. From Monaco when Rosberg pulled that stunt everything has changed and now Rosberg has the edge,,,he has no friends, but he has the edge. He has most likely alienated himself with the Mercedes management and that will undoubtedly affect the team and certainly his side of the garage, which is why Hamilton has said today that he wouldn't take matters into his own hands or take any revenge at Monza because he's driving for the team . 

I would also guess that the stewards will be watching him very closely for the rest of the season. 

If nico does win the championship i personally think it will be a hollow victory

He will have won it through unfair sportsmanship (thats twice now) and having better reliability. Thats my thoughts anyway

Agreed, if Hamilton lost the title due to reliability issues, that's bad luck and not much he could do about it. No one likes to lose if the other guy uses underhand methods and 'sportsmanship'. Rosberg didn't like the booing on Sunday, best he stays away from Silverstone next year.  

If nico does win the championship i personally think it will be a hollow victory

He will have won it through unfair sportsmanship (thats twice now) and having better reliability. Thats my thoughts anyway

That may well be true (assuming he wins), but the history books will only record that he was 2014 F1 world champion and everywhere he goes he'll be introduced as F! world champion, so in truth I doubt he gives a **** as to how he wins it.

History will judge him as the most undeserving F1 champion in the history of the sport if he wins it, however it is recorded.