ufo550
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That wasn’t good sportsmanship IMO. Stirling Moss would of never tried to win like that.He only slowed down on the last race as his only chance of winning the championship was by Rosberg being overtaken.
That wasn’t good sportsmanship IMO. Stirling Moss would of never tried to win like that.He only slowed down on the last race as his only chance of winning the championship was by Rosberg being overtaken.
Rosberg then should have used his skills not to get overtaken or overtake Hamilton.That wasn’t good sportsmanship IMO. Stirling Moss would of never tried to win like that.
So has Hamilton and so Did Rosberg etc etc. Slowing up, they almost came to a complete stop. Hamilton should of used his skills to overtake more during the season.Rosberg then should have used his skills not to get overtaken or overtake Hamilton.
If it's your only chance at a world championship, I don't see a problem. Schumacher certainly did a lot worse...
Didn't used to like Rosberg, but when I hear him commenting on Sky, he makes a lot of good points and sense.
He did some dodgy things, like at Monaco that year. But Hamilton wasn't blameless, like when he slowed to a crawl on the very last race. None of them are innocent, they are all trying to win, and nothing else matters.
Can’t agree with most thinking there was nothing wrong with what LH on that last race. I recall cringing. He was going slower at times, than they do for a safety car start. That’s not racing. He should done something else before that race. I think Rosberg won fair & share that year, with all the shenanigans going on between the two.Agree Rosberg is a suprisingly good addition to Sky, for a start he doens't have any truck with Croft's silly theories etc.
However as for him vs Hamilton there is zero comparison between those incidents. Rosberg's was no different in my view to Schumacher's at Rascasse in 2006, whereas Hamilton did absolutely nothing wrong in terms of how he was driving.
The only slight negative was ignoring the team telling him to speed up. Although considering that the constructors championship was done and one of their drivers was going to win the driver's title there was little need for them to interfere.
Can’t agree with most thinking there was nothing wrong with what LH on that last race. I recall cringing. He was going slower at times, than they do for a safety car start.
and but Rosberg did not have second place beat Hamilton, even third was enough.Speeding in the first sector, slowing down in 2 & 3. Paddy on the phone.and Rosberg was free to overtake him, in this case all he did was take Prost's 'win the race at the slowest speed possible' mantra to the the (legal) extreme and demonstrated no small about of talent in doing so.
Driving clean but slower than normal whether it's due to car problems (Ricciardo Monaco 2018) or to back the pack up as Hamilton did at Abu Dhabi is perfectly legitimate. Trying to cause yellow flags to keep pole position is not.
and but Rosberg did not have second place beat Hamilton, even third was enough.Speeding in the first sector, slowing down in 2 & 3. Paddy on the phone.
His tactic didn’t help himself nor the Redbulls.
Anyway, some seem sort of touchy about this.
Nothing to do with being touchy, it's about what is allowable within the rules and what isn't.
Deliberately causing yellow flags is not within the rules, just because Rosberg unlike Schumacher in 06 got away with doesn't make it right, and that's why Hamilton's drive in Abu Dhabi is not comparable to Rosberg in Monaco.They all push the limits of what’s ‘within the rules’, it’s all part of the sport, some push the limits more than others, LH is no exception.
Deliberately causing yellow flags is not within the rules, just because Rosberg unlike Schumacher in 06 got away with doesn't make it right, and that's why Hamilton's drive in Abu Dhabi is not comparable to Rosberg in Monaco.