Quote Originally Posted by dj_bytedisaster View Post
This status quo has been in place since Mercedes started suffocating the sport last year. Unless one driver is far back on the grid (penalty or Quali-mishap) they start on the same strategy and the one with better track position gets the undercut. That's far from new. In fact, instead of complaining about it, Lewis should remember that he brough this upon himself by his own actions, because this 'same strategy' rule has been reinforced since Hungary '14 when he dispobeyed the team and broke the other rule of not interfering with each other's strategy if they are different.

I remember Lauda saying in German TV (for which he is a pundit) after Hungary, that in the future drivers won't be able to interfere with each others strat, because it will always be the same for both. IIRC, since then there's only been two exceptions - Russia '14 (Rosberg) and Monaco '15 (Hamilton).
There's been a few more than that. Mercedes pitted Rosberg before Hamilton in Bahrain this year which nearly cost Hamilton the lead with the undercut. There has been one or two more incidents throughout the year as well.

I don't see why people are so hung up on Hungary 14. Hamilton would have left Rosberg by if he could get close enough but you can't expect a driver to leave another by and thus sacrifice his own race. Rosberg was never close enough and that's ultimately what cost him.