Whose fault is it?

[Garry Walker]

That's where the infamous team-internal "rules of engagement" at Mercedes come into play. They were established after Spa 2014 and they demand that team-internal overtakes require that the driver behind takes responsibility to avoid risk. That's why Nico always backed off when Lewis chopped across his bow. This time it was Lewis's responsibility and he ignored it, which was why even his biggest supporter was po'ed with him.

Except the difference is that when LH was agressive towards Nico, Nico had the possibility of backing off. This time, Nico closed the down on Lewis just a tiny fraction too late and LH couldn't back off from the move anymore. I am more tolerant today of Nico's actions today, than yesterday, but I still put most of the blame on him. He closed the door on LH, when LH had his front wing already next to Nico's rear wheel. No way of backing down from there.

He demonstrated his two main weaknesses this weekend. First was his inability to setup his car. Smoking pot at Barbeidos seems to be more important. His qualifying lap was an amazing piece of work, but it came about because he was given Rosberg's setup data. He had gone nowhere on Friday. And his second weakness is the lack of race intelligence. Lewis always operates with the crowbar. Sometimes a needle is the better tool, but he doesn't know how to use it.

Besides the fact that drivers don't set the car up, name one driver who doesn't occasionally use his teammates setup. Senna did it, Prost did it, Schumacher did it. You have ZERO proof that LH does it more than other top drivers.