Whats going to Happen at Mercedes

[Doc Austin]

Let's see if Nico can race clean from here on out.

[truefan72]

Let's see if Nico can race clean from here on out.

doubtful

[Bagwan]

So , the stewards didn't see evil .
Then Merc said he didn't take Lewis out deliberately .
Then , even Lewis said they both made mistakes .

And , Nico is still an evil cheater who's likely to do more evil by the end of the year ?

Jeez , you guys .
Just string him up and be done with it .

[truefan72]

yeah and for those who spent countless posts trying to rationalize an obvious and deliberate punt by Nico can now hopefully come back to reality and do as Nico did
https://eurosport.yahoo.com/news/for...03028--f1.html

accept they were wrong.

To have to endure pages upon pages of weak arguments about it being a "racing incident" and others trying to imply that Hamilton did not leave enough room, when clear video evidence showed the deliberate turn in and plenty of options for Rosberg, as well as those who simply refused to believe Nico's own words after the race last sunday, this bit of news restores some sanity to the whole situation.

Now, it still doesn't take away from the massive points haul he has gained from the situation, and Hamilton was right to say that he was going to get (and got) off with a slap on the wrist. This is now 2 clear cases of Nico being less than ethical in his pursuit for the WDC and i fear we will see another one before the end of the season.

I hope we get clean fair racing with no more mechanical issues for Hamilton. If that were to happen, he would stand a good chance of overhauling this deficit.


btw

as to Nico's penalty, As far as i am concerned the only fair thing would have been for Mercedes to make him sit out qualy in the next race. and start from the back of the grid or the pitlane.
Or make him come into the pits on the first lap and hold him 20 seconds, which would somewhat restore the balance and advantage that was taken away from Hamilton in spa.
At least Nico would still have a perfectly good car in tact and work his way up the grid. Something Hamilton did not have with his damaged car. But it would go a long way to restore the disadvantage.

[Doc Austin]

as to Nico's penalty, As far as i am concerned the only fair thing would have been fro them to make hims it out qualy in the next race. and start from the back of the grid or the pitlane.

The problem with penalizing Nico is that it makes him vulnerable to Ricciardo. points wise. Remember, if Nico has a bad result, that also affects the constructor's championship too.

I think the fairest thing to do is make Nico support Hamilton until Lewis gets Sunday's lost points back. If Nico does not want to support the team's decision, then they can set him down. From that perspective, he is better off taking second place points than missing a race or starting at the rear.

Then make them take turns winning until both championship are out of the other team's reach. From there, they can punt each other off every race if they want to.

[Bagwan]

The problem with penalizing Nico is that they BOTH have acknowledged making mistakes that led to the crash .

That is the real problem with penalizing Nico .

Nico deliberately put his nose in , and Hamilton deliberately took it off , if you want it bluntly .

And , they BOTH said it wouldn't happen again .

[Doc Austin]

And , they BOTH said it wouldn't happen again .

Do you believe that?

[Bagwan]

Do you believe that?

Of course not , Doc . Of course not .

But , what it means is that are both taking responsibility in the incident , and they both understand they need to work together at the same time as looking after their own interests .

They'll undoubtedly meet again on track , even though the team may try to keep them apart to some degree .
When they do , it may all come to tears again , but it won't as likely to be just to prove a point .
The point was made .
And , both drivers had to say a few words , not just Nico .

They've left each other room before , and produced some great moments , so I'm sure they can both be fairer to each other .




And , hey , if it gets ugly again , it'll just give us more to debate .
Roll on , Monza .

[steveaki13]

And , hey , if it gets ugly again , it'll just give us more to debate .
Roll on , Monza .

Ultimately this

[steveaki13]

Whatever view you have, it gets F1 going when we have something like this.