Where does Nico Rosberg go from here?

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I watched the 1st corner incident a number of times, and l think it was clean racing. If you follow it from the start, Rosberg had a slightly worst start than Hamilton who got alongside Rosberg within the first three to four car lengths from the start line. Seeing this, Rosberg decides to try to squeeze Hamilton from the optimum line to make a good approach to the 1st corner difficult. On the approach to the apex of the corner, Hamilton was marginally ahead and on the inner racing line with Rosberg on the outer line which was always not going to be the position of advantage. Because Rosberg had compromised Hamitons approach to the apex, Lewis path through the apex was alway going to be a wide arch through the corner due to his compromised approach.
Rosberg took a gamble that compromising Lewis's approach would hand over the advantage through the apex of the corner but he was not well positioned to take advantage because he had already lost the advantage before the approach to the corner by not being ahead and not successfully seizing the racing line. He arrived at the corner at a vulnerable position and it was always going to be an egg in the face situation being on the outside at the apex and not being ahead.

If you can take an objective unbiased look at the incident, you would find that it was a clean maneuver but unfortunate for Rosberg that it did not work out for him.

A similar manuever re-occurred further into the race, this time with Rosberg clearly ahead and Hamilton gave him plenty of room for Rosberg to complete the overtake maneuver. It was all fair but hard racing, one of the very best this season.