Originally Posted by Nessun Dorma:
“I think that was because all the resources were given to Vettel, leaving Webber to pick up the scraps. Mercedes seem to be treating Hamilton and Rosberg as equal competitors. Just look at how they were allowed to properly race at the weekend. Webber was never allowed to be that close, to be able to race Vettel; neither by the team nor by Vettel.”
Originally Posted by Assa2:
“Are we seeing at last that without team orders to protect him Vettel is vulnerable to his team-mate?”
What utter rubbish! There were no team order at RBR, that was pretty obvious to most people. To suggest otherwise, is totally bonkers.
Not sure why people are complaining about the coverage

They showed the fight between Hamilton/Rosberg, up until Hamilton managed to pull out a gap that was around 0.75secs. Then they cut to the FI/RBR battle, which we saw some overtaking. They got it right, why show Hamilton and Rosberg (over 0.75secs) behind, when there was four cars, all within a second of each other fighting for places?
Hats of to Hamilton and Rosberg, for some exciting highly skilled racing. Both fighting for the position, yet both respecting each other and avoiding a collision. Further on down the line, these two will come together, especially if they are both in the title hunt come the end of the season.
For me the race was pretty dull, until the safety car came out. The safety car made the race, if it hadnt come out, in would have been a dull race.
For those that have sky, they had an interview with a journo who has somehow found out, how why the Merc engines are so good. Martin explained it with graphics etc. All to do with the the turbo, cold air etc. Seems like quite a clever system. One of the sky reporters asked Hamilton about the system, he smiled and gave an answer to a question that wasnt asked.
Natalie Pinkham, not sure how she got a job on the sky F1 team. When she interviewed, Rosberg, she started of saying, "You were beaten by your team mate hamilton, ....." Shes not the smartest person in the sky F1 team
I cant see anyone catching the Mercs, barring reliability, I can see them winning every race. Other teams may well close the gap, but they have a huge gap to close.
Another point to consider, when Mclaren move to Honda engines next year. There could be an almighty scrap to take the Merc engine next year between the non-Merc powered teams. Will be interesting to see how that pans out.