Originally Posted by
truefan72
I completely agree.
I've been quiet for the past few days because i was pretty pissed on how things went down with the "mandatory" pits
It was complete bollocks to claim the tires were not going to last, FFS they just did 31 on the softs with heavier fuel.
One can be teammates to a certain level. but if Rosberg's side of the garage wanted that extra pit stop, then Hamilton's side should be under no obligation to follow suit.
His race engineer continues to not look out for the best interest of his driver and more for the "team" effort.
I don't care what anyone says, Hamilton did not have to pit nor wanted to pit, he was fine in his situation. If Nico's team decided their strategy why should Hamilton have to oblige?
This isn't even remotely close to being about fairness. It is simply an orchestrated effort to ensure Rosberg take his pity win
As a fan, it would have been even more interesting to see a faster Nico close up to Hamilton in the last few laps and get a proper duel like we had in bahrain 2014
There really was no competition from anyone else. And for those who would say the safety car washed out that situation, they are wrong.
Because if Hamilton was in the lead he might have pitted under the safety car and retained his lead, or better yet, just stayed out and took advantage of several laps of little tire degradation behind the SC.
so much for allowing them to race SMH