Where does Nico Rosberg go from here?

[Bagwan]

Well this is all just speculation. At the end of the day it could have been aimed at either driver, however, considering he was suggesting the lineup could change for 2017 and that Hamilton's contract goes until end of 2017 and Nico's is out next year, and that Hamilton is unequivocally the faster driver, I find highly unlikely they'd want to be rid of him. Plus, from a marketing perspective, Lewis is much more marketable than Nico. Nico is just a downright bore, whereas Lewis is out at events, meeting with celebrities, bringing the Mercedes brand and Petronas under the public eye. There's no way Mercedes are going to want to give that up instead of a slower guy that sits at home with his wife and kids.

The simple fact is that it could be aimed at either driver, but Lewis Hamilton is box office and brings great attention to the team. Rosberg is boring and not as quick. It could be either but the likelihood, given all I've said above, is that Rosberg would be given the boot.

Now , Mr. Knight , you know what a contract is worth in F1 .

And , your Lewis has just been shown that they will change the car to suit Nico , despite his protests , and that Rosberg can win consistently as a result .

Behind the scenes , you'd have to figure that Rosberg was watching from the other side of the garage as Lewis tried to work with the new suspension .
And , thus , he saw it as an opportunity to show off in what he called a "mini-championship" of three races .

That's what he did , with poles and wins in all three .
All sewn up , with no drama .

Whereas Hamilton was such a pouty second that they had to hand him the strategy calls in the final outing .

Remember , they get the privilege of dealing with Lewis's antics for a much larger paycheck than old boring Nico .

You repeated a couple of times that Lewis is faster .
You're right that he was faster with the old configuration of the suspension , because it suited him rather than Nico .
Now , though , it's rather the other way around .


One could say that his flash marketing perspective is all he's got right now , without the outright pace to "humiliate" his team-mate , like he did earlier this year with a car that suited him rather than his team-mate .

Lewis is fast . Of that there is absolutely no doubt .
Any team would be happy with that .
And , he's outgoing , and going out to all the hot spots with all the hot people , bringing lots of bling and lines of press for F1 and his team , and any team should be happy with that .

But , he's trouble , and no team needs that .