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Roy
Roy

Tragic isnt it

djr81
djr81

Hoping he can do for 888 what he did for Williams & McLaren.

ctjet
ctjet

daaaaaaaaaaaymn hitting that tonight aswell? joises

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“It’s fair to say the team had one view of the incident and Nico had another,” said a Mercedes spokesman. “Lewis’s comments about what Nico said in the debrief are largely accurate.”

Ouch.

clarification

http://www.sport.net/nico-rosberg-escapes-sanction-from-formula-one-governing-body-after-crash-with-team-mate-lewis-hamilton-at-spa_238541#

Wolff was keen to distance himself from an initial breifing within Mercedes that Hamilton's recollection of his meeting with Rosberg was 'broadly correct'. Wolff said: 'They agreed to disagree in a very heated discussion, but it wasn't deliberately crashing. That is nonsense.

'Nico felt he needed to hold his line. He needed to make a point. He thought it was for Lewis to leave him space, and that Lewis didn't leave him space.

'It was deliberately taking into account that if Lewis moved it could well end up in a crash.'

Gts-t Grand Master

Gts-t

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Button:

"It is just a matter of fighting it out and beating your team-mate, although I know that takes its toll.

"But for me Lewis has come across really well in the media after some disappointing races.

"He has definitely grown as an individual, which is good to see, and has taken it on the chin.

"Hopefully it will build his confidence for the rest of the season rather than shatter it."

Button also felt Rosberg should've "judged the situation better".

"There was nothing there," he said.

"All there was was going off the circuit. There was no move. Strange.

"I think any driver would look at it now, and I am sure Nico will look at it and say, 'I don't know what was I thinking'.

"You should be able to judge situations like that a bit better."

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djr81

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Wish I knew what this meant:

And although Mercedes wants to wait for the dust to settle on the weekend before holding a crisis meeting, Wolff has assured Hamilton that a simple telling off is unlikely.

"Today we've seen the limits of the slap on the wrist," he said. "Maybe the slap on the wrist is not enough.

"If Lewis has said that it's going to be a slap on the wrist, and that there's going to be no consequence, then he's not aware of what consequences we can implement."

When asked what the team could actually do to rectify the situation, Wolff said: "A lot. But I'm not going to comment on this right now."

Fine? He just signed a $30 Mill a year contract like that would hurt.

Team orders? You will come second for the next N races?

Severe talking to?

Really, what could they possibly do that wont hurt the team worse than the driver?

hrd-hr30 Grand Master

hrd-hr30

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it means they are trying not to be seen to be taking sides with ze German. Seriously, how upset are Mercedes really with the Greman kid leading the WDC for the German marque with both drivers stil pretty comfortably 1-2... They can't afford too much more of it though.

I reckon team orders along the lines of whoever leads into the first turn stays there. Status quo until the last stint. And no more splitting strategies unless it's due to circumstance beyond their control.

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Nico Rosberg, whatta guy hey- Gets a shit start then tries to make ammends by going balls to the wall in an attempt to win the race in the opening lap.

It's not like the championship depended on your retaking P1, you spanker.

hrd-hr30 Grand Master

hrd-hr30

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You neglect to mention the guy in front get's the first option on pit strategy. Pretty important.

Even more important after Hamilton defied team orders to let his team mate on an alternate tyre strategy past in the previous race. One might even say it was crucial to get in front.

And the opening laps have always been one of the best times to try and make a pass.

And it's not like Lewis needed to push him that wide either, fwiw... he'd already won the corner.

89CAL Grand Master

89CAL

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Remember something odd in the pre-race talk from the commentators, or maybe it was during the race

James Allen said something about Lewis has won the race once, although he claims to have won it twice.

WTF? He doesn't even know how many times he has won the race, a bit like his Monaco Master status. The incident asside, Rosberg is being much more professional about everything. But hopefully they will destroy each other and Dan will sweep in and take the championship. Those Red Bull cars were amazing in a straight line this time round, if they have just taken some downforce out of the car, then maybe the Renault engine isn't so bad, they have just been running to much downforce lol.

Ferrari seemed improved, but the car doesn't look real quick in a straight line

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MatthewT85

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yeah i heard that, but im pretty sure it was the one that he got a penalty post race for something and i think it was then kimi that won it

ah no massa won

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Belgian_Grand_Prix

i know its wiki but still...

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Roy Grand Master

Roy

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Wish I knew what this meant:

And although Mercedes wants to wait for the dust to settle on the weekend before holding a crisis meeting, Wolff has assured Hamilton that a simple telling off is unlikely.

"Today we've seen the limits of the slap on the wrist," he said. "Maybe the slap on the wrist is not enough.

"If Lewis has said that it's going to be a slap on the wrist, and that there's going to be no consequence, then he's not aware of what consequences we can implement."

When asked what the team could actually do to rectify the situation, Wolff said: "A lot. But I'm not going to comment on this right now."

Fine? He just signed a $30 Mill a year contract like that would hurt.

Team orders? You will come second for the next N races?

Severe talking to?

Really, what could they possibly do that wont hurt the team worse than the driver?

I am guessing that means no race bonus or 500k every time you are a naughty boy. Post that we will put Sam Bird in your car for Friday practice and we will see how quick you are in the race after a test driver has crashed your car on Friday and you only get 15 laps on Sat morning pre - quali

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