Where does Nico Rosberg go from here?

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Being on the inside does not make you the owner of the corner .
But Lewis clearly believes it does .
Hamilton clearly knew Rosberg was beside him .
He stated he knew that Nico had more grip where he was running , and clearly made the decision to stay with the other car knowing he would force Nico wide on that trajectory .
He did , hitting him in the process .
It was the same move as the last time , where he again had slid wide forcing his team mate off .

Even Lewis , himself , said that he knew there would be differing opinions on the move but didn't care because he'd won .

Kimi's move last race was much the same , where he just assumed the other guy would back out .
He got penalized and is now confused .
We didn't get to see the moves , but he was upset with Max's move(s) based on his penalty the previous race .

You must leave room .
If one of our resident anoraks could dig up the actual rule regarding "the squeeze" , I would be grateful .

OK Look at it from another perspective. If it was Alonso or Vettel in Hamilton's position what do you think they would do?
I would bet my last dollar on them doing what it takes to get ahead after the corner. This, l guarantee you, would include running Rosberg off the track. This is racing, not a popularity contest. What you saw there was what separates the great drivers from the rest.

If look at the advantages of the relative positions of both driver as they approached the apex of the corner and then through the corner, you would see that Rosbergs positioning was increasingly becoming weaker as they got to the apex. But he had over-committed, hence had no choice but go through the corner with the hope of getting a better drive out of the corner, but doing so knowing his position was increasingly at risk of being vulnerable to the Redbull behind.

I think in the damp conditions of Austin, a tighter line through the corner would have been problematic for Hamilton and may have cost him more than a loss of one position. The wider path was the optimum path through that corner. As it went, that incident had very little bearing on the outcome of the race. This is not a Hamilton thing, any driver worth anything, in Hamilton's position would have done exactly the same thing. Be it Alonso, Vettel or Ricciado. It is simply racing.