Nico to Ferrari and Fernando to Mercedes for 2017??? Oh geez.

 

Alonso and Hamilton again?

 

I actually kind of want to see Alonso in Mercedes. Every nut swinger of his says he is the best driver on the grid and it has been a series of bad cars blah blah blah. I think he is past his prime.

A ride in a merc would settle the dispute on wether or not I'm wrong.

 

I want to see him at Mercedes, just so Hamilton can stop in the pit and delay Alonso during qualis.

 

Yeah he had him easily. He was going to blow by him.

 

I suppose Nico should just stay put and let him by. It's not like he should even try to legally defend his position, right?

 

He was going to get emo on instagram later that day too, what's your point?

 

 

Age has gotten him, but he can still win races in a Merc. I dunno about a championship, but def races.

2010 was telling. He couldn't make 2 passes to win it all... I don't know if he has season long drive in him. He is not young anymore either, can't forget that.

 

From watching the reply, I think to be fair Nico should have given Hamilton a car's width and nothing more. He squeezed him out all the way to the grass, but since Hamilton took Nico out too, then it's fine and it creates good drama.

I think Alonso wasted his prime going back to Renault, had he not done some things at McLaren the first time around, he probably would have had more championships.

 

Waaaay too late to dive down on hamilton. He defended by driving in the middle of the track.

 

agreed!

 

Lewis is on his 4th Turbo and 4th MGU-Hybrid Unit... Lewis is going to face grid penalties this year for sure. His championship bid is over.

 

Except he illegally defended. Lewis was far enough forward for Nico to have to leave space. As per the rules.

Once Lewis got his front wing alongside Nico's rear tire, Nico has to leave space for Lewis. Lewis got his front tires up to Nico's rear tires before Nico forced him off the track.

Should Lewis have not gone for the gap? He's a racing driver. That's what he's supposed to do.

Something Something... Being a racing driver means you are racing with other people and if you no longer go for a gap that exists you are no longer a racing driver because we are competing, we are competing to win and the main motivation to all of us is to compete for the victory.

 

It all happened so quickly and Hamilton's closing speed was so much greater than Rosberg's. It was a simple mistake by both drivers that happened in the blink of an eye...Lewis thought he had the space, Nico closed the door not realizing how much faster Lewis was and not seeing he was partially alongside.

No malice or dastardly tactics from either driver...just split second bad decision making that was ruled a racing incident..

Sounds from Gagan's post above that Hammy will struggle to challenge Nico for the title if he gets grid penalties...

Maybe this is Nico's season? where all the bad luck hits Lewis...it's worked the other way on previous occasions and that's how it goes in F1