Quote Originally Posted by Bagwan View Post
I totally agree , dj , and fully believe Lewis was being a wee touch too paranoid .
They told him plainly that he'd destroy his tires racing Nico , yet he made sure he stayed ahead .
Even ol' one ear said they shouldn't have asked him to slow down to let his team mate past , when slowing down is exactly what they wanted , so he would have enough tires to battle near the end .
A little less wear and he might have been able to keep Ricciardo behind him , and have a stab at Fred for the win .

He clearly held his team mate behind to destroy his strategy , and destroyed his own at the same time , costing points , likely from both cars , for his team .
He pi$$ed off the team , and the team mate , for third .

But , he beat his team mate , so it was all worth it .
Sure it was . I'm tellin' ya .



By the way , dj , I think our Mia was trying to(maybe just a touch sarcastically) suggest that perhaps Lewis doesn't think he needs strategists , and can do it all himself .
Considering Rosberg made the final stop and was hounding Hamilton at the end suggests Lewis made the right call. He kept his team mate behind him and prevented him from winning the race. Of course it was worth it. He closed the gap slightly in the championship and the team agreed he was right to stop Nico passing and they admitted they shouldn't have asked. Paranoid fans rather than paranoid drivers.