Whats going to Happen at Mercedes

[Doc Austin]

By the way , Michael did admit that he turned in on Jacques , framing it with "Deliberate , but instinctual ."

This has nothing in common with that .

Yes. This was "deliberate, but premeditated."

Why else would Nico take aim on Hamilton's car? Did he think turning into Hamilton would avoid the collision?

I am willing to be wrong on this if someone can explain to me why Nico had to use nearly full lock toward Hamilton's car unless he was trying to cause a collision.

Merc is responsible for letting this go too far .

Totally agree. They should have made them take turns until both championships were out of the other team's reach, and then let them go after each other.

Bruce McLaren was smart enough to play the game that way in the Can Am championship. Their advantage was so large that he and Dennis Hulme would take turns to the point everyone called it "The Bruce and Denny show." As long as McLaren was alive, no one could touch them.

Mercedes now has a similar advantage, but they let everything get out of control and I believe the situation is now irretrievable. There is simply no way for Mercedes to make it up to Hamilton. No way. They can't give him points. They also can't do anything to Rosberg since he is 30 points into the lead, or at least they would be crazy to. Hamilton is going to stay pissed and Rosberg knows he can punt Hamilton any time it suits him.

All Mercedes can do now is tell them not to hit each other, because that worked so well yesterday, right?

What do you do if you are Mercedes? If you lay down the law ..... even if you could possibly force them to play to team orders, Hamilton is still going to feel like he has been cheated, and Rosberg knows he can do what he wants and the team's hands are tied. I think all Mercedes can do now is tell them to behave and then wait for the next collision to happen, which will probably be on the first lap of the next race.

I can not see any possible scenario that keeps these two together at Mercedes next year. I can see Hamilton going back to McLaren, and Hulkenburg taking the second Mercedes.