2015 Mexico GP

[The Black Knight]

The fact of the matter is we do not know how things would panned out if the Mercedes team had left both cars out till the end of the Mexico race. From the radio message, it seemed Rosberg needed a pitstop for tyres more than Hamilton did at that point of the race. Teams have alot of covert ways of bringing about a result and force-ably telling a driver to pit when the driver, after assessing the state of his tyres, say to the team his tyres are still good for a few more laps, is clear indication of the team meddling with the outcome of the race.

Personally, l think the outcome of the race is the right one. It is in the best interest of the team for their drivers to finish the season first and second in the driver's championship. What l take issue with, is that they did not seem to have discussed this internally and agreed the outcome between the drivers prior to the race. They have left the drivers to race each other and have appeared to have tried to manipulate the end result when the situation has gone against their desired outcome. This is where most of the frustration is stemming from.

As it is, most are seeing a pattern where the team has on occasions brought about a Rosberg win. Monaco 2014 and arguably Mexico 2015.

I don't believe for a second that the team brought about a Rosberg win in Monaco 2014. Rosberg brought about that win by cheating in qualifying. There's not much more to Monaco 2014 than that really.

The crux of the issue here that I can see if a lack of communication between Hamilton and Mercedes. Now that the championship was over, Hamilton wanted to be able to run his own race and he never communicated that to Mercedes management. Likewise, Mercedes management should have realized with two drivers like that, they might want to run their own strategy for the remainder of the season.

In my experience, most problems are solved by better communication and this is no different here. It's a learning process for both driver and team.