2016 season reminiscing

[The Black Knight]

The pissing contest between the two of you is getting a bit tiresome. You are as bad as TBK. Can't you just put up a post sans the personal insults?

I’d like you to point the last time I threw a personal insult at him. You’ll be a while looking.

Here’s a summary of reliability the issues of Rosberg vs Hamilton in 2016.

Rosberg had brake issues in Monaco 2016 and finished 7th. He would have won Monaco 2016, most likely, yes without it but Hamilton also had the same brake issues, he simply managed it better. Therefore both had the same opportunity in the race.

Rosberg also had some gearbox issues towards the end of the race in Silverstone that year but it did not cost him a position or points.

I am unaware and can’t think of any other times Rosberg had point costing reliability issues in 2016 except Monaco (which cannot be counted as Hamilton had the same) but feel free to update if I missed something.

Hamilton on the other hand:

Chinese GP - started at the back of the grid due to power unit problems in qualifying. Eventually he finished 7th. I think it’s pretty safe to say he would have probably won this race or at least finished second as he generally had the upper-hand over Rosberg at that track.

Russian GP - Another power unit failure for Hamilton saw him qualify in 10th effectively ruining any chance of a win. He finished second.

European GP - had power deployment*issue during the race and eventually finished a distant fifth.

Belgian GP - Because of all his previous engine failures, Hamilton had to start from 21st position as he received a 60-place grid penalty after Mercedes opted to replace several elements on his power unit in practice, then remove a seal from his gearbox. A brilliant drive saw him finish 3rd in this race but still many points lost to Rosberg in another race he could have very likely won.

Malaysian GP - engine blew up on lap 41 whilst leading. Rosberg finished third, would have been 4th. 25 points lost to Hamilton and 12 points to Rosberg, so instead of a 13 point gain on Rosberg he had a 15 point loss, that’s a 28 point swing.

Now, regarding this nonsense in the OP about Hamilton cheating in Belgium. Everything that weekend was done with the rules and the FIA allowed it, so labelling it cheating is nothing other than rabid desperation.

Referring back to the Belgium GP and what Journeyman refers to as favouritism, was simply opportunistic on Mercedes party to ensure their guy had enough power unit parts until the seasons end allowing for one other power unit reserved in case it blew up (lucky they did considering Malaysia). Both Rosberg and Hamilton had the same power unit then until then end of the season.

Uh-oh, this all puts the whole reliability didn’t decide the 2016 title nonsense in perspective when one guys has 6 of his races affected by reliability and the other guy has just one snd only 5 points separate them at the seasons end.

And all Hamilton needed at the end of that season was Rosberg to finish 4th or one of those results to be overturned to overcome these issues and become 2016 WDC.

If someone can honestly rebuttal with valid incidents which I am unaware of that affected Rosberg’s season, please do so, otherwise, if you can’t and you still believe reliability didn’t decide the 2016 title then you’re just in denial.