Well the golden rule of Formula 1 was broken today, that the one thing you don't do under any circumstances is crash into your team mate, with Nico Rosberg clipping Lewis Hamilton's car on only the second lap of the race.
It was interesting to hear both Toto Wolff & Nicki Lauda publicly proclaim it to be 'unacceptable' behaviour. You don't often hear such criticism of drivers by their own teams.
And then Rosberg getting booed on the podium.
The four-way scrap in the last couple of laps for 5th place was a good bit of action, another seldom seen sort of thing, they were four-abreast on the track at one point, but avoided any contact.
(24-08-2014 15:59 )circles_o_o_o Wrote: [ -> ]You don't often hear such criticism of drivers by their own teams.
That's because drivers don't usually crash into their own team mates.
(24-08-2014 16:03 )Roger Patterson Wrote: [ -> ]drivers don't usually crash into their own team mates.
Not too often, but remember this one :
Wondering if it means now if Hamilton will have to achieve podium finish in every race now to even pip Rosberg to the title.
I'm amazed that the team has criticised Rosberg like they did. Shows that they obviously see Hamilton as their No 1 driver
(24-08-2014 15:59 )circles_o_o_o Wrote: [ -> ]It was interesting to hear both Toto Wolff & Nicki Lauda publicly proclaim it to be 'unacceptable' behaviour. You don't often hear such criticism of drivers by their own teams.
And then Rosberg getting booed on the podium.
The four-way scrap in the last couple of laps for 5th place was a good bit of action, another seldom seen sort of thing, they were four-abreast on the track at one point, but avoided any contact.
Lauda was involved in negotiating the deal that took Lewis to Mercedes. Niki clearly likes him as a Driver and he has never been one to mince his words. F1 could do with more people like him.
I see Maldonado crashed out again in the first lap