Quote Originally Posted by Doc Austin View Post
There's been some talk about the "racing line," and who "owns" the corner. These are all subjective things, much like no one can really define "blocking." One thing that is not subjective are the laws of physics, especially the one about two objects occupying the same space at the same time. No matter what you might think the rules are, or how you interpret (or misinterpret) them, you can't put your car on a piece of road that the other car is already on.
The racing line and who own the corner is not subjective most of the time. In fact, the laws of physics you talk about are irrelevant. For example, the guy who owns the racing line has the right to turn into the car that's diving on the inside, if the inside car is behind by half length or so. Such convention removes the ambiguity. Moreover, you can't even blame that car in front because the driver does not even always see the car behind.


Now, where did Nico think his car was going to go? Nico tried to put his car in a space that was already occupied. There s no way he could have possibly misjudged it so badly that he thought he was not going to hit Hamilton.
Yes. Wishful thinking, or perhaps he hoped Hamilton was going to blink. Anyways. Rosberg did try to bail out and give space to Hamilton but his nose was off by a few inches which he needed to clear Hamilton's wheel. Exactly the same type of accident or near accident happens all the time. Very ordinary stuff. Case closed.

If this was simply an accident, there would not have been the exchange of trash talk we are seeing. If Nico really did make a mistake, he could have just said so, and maybe been a little contrite, or pretended to be. Instead, he has been defiant. If he really made a mistake and took his teammate out, wouldn't he have at least said a little something about being sorry, or at least saying he did not mean to do it? Or at least said it was "unfortunate?"
Yes, Rosberg should have apologized for making a mistake.

Sure, he said it was a "racing incident," but that's not very convincing. It's like saying "that's racing," or "I did not have sex with that woman." Then again, it is hard to explain why you would turn the wheel toward your teammate, so if Nico offers no explanation, at least he is not outright lying.
You fail to analyze the situation or read the previous posts. Rosberg turned the wheel to stay on track. He would have cleared Hamilton's wheel if he was slightly behind. Yes, this is a racing incident that's caused by Rosberg's misjudgement. Rosberg is a bad team player and should have apologized. Taking the argument further and arguing that collision was intentional is just bonkers as there is no evidence to prove malicious intent and ex ante Rosberg was just as likely to wreck his own car.