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. Maybe I'm reading to much into it, but there was a lot of disrespect in both of their eyes...almost like they were expecting Nico to fail. I'm more interested in the fallout from that little titbit of camera work than the hat situation. I can't imagine Nico's confidence being extemely high, and after he sees that clip, if I were him, I'd definitely be giving sideways glances at both Toto and Niki.
The Wolff/Lauda reaction to his moment was unbelievable
Edit: now I'm reading on reddit that the timing of them showing the Wolff/Lauda exchange might have been some clever editing by the program director...
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Mercedes clearly think there's something to it since they have already said that they will move to prevent a repeat of Spa 2014.
I honestly have to wonder if they have ever truly supported him. Hamilton is clearly the more popular driver, and given the team's dominance, they have the leeway to pick favourites.
The only way that would have cost Hamilton the title would have been if Hamilton had made a mistake of his own and cannoned into him. They were nowhere near each other when Hamilton passed him.
I sometimes wonder if it's because he's British. The sport has close ties to Britain, and I sometimes feel that there is an attitude that because of it, the sport owes Britain something. Remember when Kravitz and Croft were analysing potential driver moves a few races ago? Kravitz was mortified at the possibility of "only two Brits on the grid". Both of them - Hamilton and Button - are World Champions, but somehow that's not good enough.
), I think the BBC handle that better overall though. Remember that Sky's team consist of Ted "Are You Gonna Go a-Way" Kravitz, Brundle (former-president-of-BRDC), Pinkney (landed gentry), Herbert (plucky Brit underdog) and the only-son-of-a-champion-to-be-champion Damon Hill. Most of those people have offices at Silverstone so their bias to the track and the home country are inevitable.
Hamilton was turning left at all times and had the inside line of a tight corner, he placed his car so that Rosberg either had to back out and slip in behind him or be squeezed out. Rosberg chose the latter as usual.
The move was completely unnecessary on Hamilton's part. He had plenty of space to give Rosberg racing room and still hold the position. It would have set him up for the ideal racing line into the second corner. While the on-board vision shows him turning left at all times, it also shows him applying the barest minimum amount of lock through the corner. And it wasn't a normal racing line to follow, either, because you need to straighten the car up for the run down the hill. Being that far out leaves you exposed down the inside, and a car with better traction - like the Red Bull - stood a realistic chance of taking the position.
Surprised by some of the reactions. The drivers or someone is always passing out the hats. Hamilton is handing one to Vettel I think there and calmly tosses a hat to Nico perfectly, it wasn't launched and they generally toss the Pirelli hats out like this after the races. Nico throws it back in a petty manner. Hamilton even looked a little perturbed by it. You can tell from the way Lewis just tossed the hat and went to put his on he wasn't expecting it being launched back.
A team has to make a complaint to the stewards for any action to be taken. They will not complain about their own drivers.
A lack of a complaint does not make the pass legal or acceptable by default.
No, but It does makes legality irrelavent since it's not enforced and acceptability is down to interpretation anyway. You see a bad move to someone else it's a fair move.
It was an aggressive overtake and after watching it again he definitely has some lock to spare which he uses on the exit, Rosberg was turning in more that he should have because Hamilton was blocking the path.
If you're going to try this in the court of public opinion, best be prepared to lose - 99% of the people I have spoken to think it was a dirty move.
