Quote Originally Posted by Doc Austin View Post
Unless I missed it, Nico did not claim any problems with the car, so Hamilton was faster and Nico cracked under the pressure.

I would not want to be in Nico's position (everything to lose) with so many races still to go and with such a rapid teammate closing in. Nico's only one DNF away from letting Hamilton back into the fight, so again, every race, he has everything to lose.

Hamilton is realistically out of it unless Nico has a DNF. The odds of Lewis stringing another four-peat together are pretty slim, but as long as Nico scores, that's what Hamilton will have to do. Rosberg will definitely win a few more races, so it's going to take a DNF for him to come close to losing the title. If Nico can win a couple more races and then keep scoring seconds, he's in good shape.

Still, it puts Nico in the "everything to lose" position and Hamilton in the "everything to gain position." It's hard to imagine how much pressure Nico must be feeling, and maybe that showed up today.
Well realistically Hamilton only has to score 9 more points than Nico in the next 5 races and then win the last race in Abu Dhabi. I'd be very worried if I were Nico. There is very, very little in it. He knows that Hamilton will beat him 9/10 in a straight fight, that's why he resorted to such unsavoury tactics this year. Remember 22 points is only 9 points under the old system. It seems larger than it really is and is very surmountable.