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Hamilton should have breaked, he didnt, no point crying over spilt milk as the saying goes.....
Think about that statement for a second...
You are in an acceleration zone in a Formula 1 race, and somebody up ahead is defending your over speed and big jump on them... do you a) brake or b) move to a side to overtake.
I think the very definition of any race, is to do B. The track was wide enough to pass on either side regardless of any reasonable move in any direction from the lead car, and this was under an acceleration zone. It would arguably have been more dangerous to brake or lift given the that this was seconds into the start of the grand prix. Where else could Hamilton go? Left? Ok. Same thing might have happened. Rosberg had his car in the middle of the track and waited for his move to then change his line.
People can defend and make a single directional line change yes, but when you react in the way Rosberg did it is not expected sporting conduct at this level, let alone any level. He was too late to react, too aggressive and hence dangerous. He forced another car off the track who was alongside him. Hamilton if anything, should have been more stubborn and held his car on the road to show how much at fault Rosberg was. Then people would have seen Rosberg drive straight into the side of him. Maybe then people would see it more clear cut and for what it really is....school boy behaviour from a bad loser who can't race under pressure in the heat of battle.
To allow driving like Rosberg's to continue, you are not promoting racing. You are actually jeopardizing racing by putting fear among those that attempt to overtake knowing that they may be cut off at anytime and forced into an accident. This is especially sad to see on a straight of all places, where the speed differential was so vast. Overtakes should be at their most simple in such cases and yet we manage to see an issue because someone can't race fairly.
It ruined what could have been a good race between them.
.... drove into a gap that was always going to disappear.
When you no longer go for a gap....I think you know the rest.
....Yesterday he let Nico get in front and then found himself panicking to recover the lead again, hence the crash....
Hamilton had a good start this time. Level pegging. They have the same car. Nico had the slip stream and he got in front because he had an over speed and was faster at that time. Lewis did not cut him off.
I really hope LH can have a good clean qualifying lap at Monaco. If he loses to NR at Monaco, I think it'll really put a downer on him. They have bad history between them at Monaco too.
The race where Nico deliberately hacksawed at the steering wheel manufacturing his own Schumacher style "accident" to ruin Hamilton's lap. That was shocking behaviour from the snake that is Rosberg.
