Is the title fight still on?

[The Black Knight]

I had written off Rosberg before the season but seems like Hamilton is trying hard to write himself off. If he doesn't have the motivation for title #4 maybe he needs to take a break?
No but seriously, Rosberg will run into some problems somewhere, its just that Hamilton now has no safety net. Just needs to win and hope that there are some low scoring or dnf races for Nico. Should be good for the show ; Rosberg winning everything will be Button part2

Lets take a look back at Hamilton's season so far:

Australia - Got pole. Had a bad start through no fault of his own (teams own admission) and finished second.
Bahrain - Got pole. Had a bad start again through no fault of his own - incorrect start procedure.
China - His car broke down in qualifying so he had to start from the back .Got hit by a Sauber in the first corner, and looking from the onboard he couldn't do a lot about it, which cost him any chance of moving towards the field.

So, in what part of all this, how is Hamilton trying hard to write himself off? He's had bad luck and we haven't had a chance to see him and Rosberg go head to head yet. It's one of the worst starts to a title defense I've witnessed with a driver that has a competitive car. We'll see how it goes but it'll probably take him half the season to claw the points back. Anyone complaining that Rosberg had all the luck last year can certainly not complain about that anymore now.

I must say this whole no time in history has a driver won 3 and not lost the championship rubbish really annoys me. Winning the first three races in a season is no different than winning three races in a row. Plenty of drivers have won 3 races in a row and not won the title.

There was a time when they said whomever won Brazil was going to be champion and then finally when that myth was broken we heard no more about it.