Originally Posted by Si_Cree:
“I kinda wonder how much of the stuff about Hamilton is manufactured.”
Hamilton manufactures a lot of it himself; his interviews are a joy for the press.
Originally Posted by Si_Cree:
“Obviously most of the stuff about ill-feeling due to Rosberg "cheating" in quali' is utter bullshit, whipped up by journo's who don't have anything else to talk about,”
No, in his interview with Natalie Pinkham Hamilton certainly made it very clear how he felt. He could have diffused the tension and left the press scrabbling for an angle but chose not to. but I'm starting to wonder if the same thing is happening with the radio messages as well.
Originally Posted by Si_Cree:
“Seems like Lewis is constantly on the radio, bleating, but we hardly ever hear Rosberg's radio. Either he really is just robotic in the car or somebody's choosing not do broadcast anything whiney that he says.
Maybe he talks to the pits in German so they don't bother broadcasting it?”
I may be wrong but I'm under the impression that all radio transmissions have to be in English.
Originally Posted by Si_Cree:
“TBH, I think the main thing that Hamilton will be pissed about is that they did miss an opportunity to jump Rosberg by pitting Hamilton a lap earlier when the SC was deployed and, as Hamilton said in his interview, the fact that Merc' only has one strategist working with both drivers, rather than one for each driver like McLaren had, means that there's no incentive to do the best thing for your "own" driver.
Course, I suppose you have to accept that's the sort of thing that's likely to even itself out over the season. Some calls will go in Rosberg's favour and some will go in Hamilton's.”
Exactly. As leader of the previous four races Hamilton has had the call over Rosberg.
Originally Posted by Si_Cree:
“On that note, it seemed a little iffy the way Merc' were telling Lewis exactly what Rosberg was doing from one corner to the next.
Seems like it'd be fairer if each side of the garage only had access to the same level of information that one team might get about another team.”
They probably do the same to Rosberg, letting him exactly where Hamilton is. As it's a team sport I guess it's better for the team for each driver to know as much about the other as possible.
Originally Posted by yellowlabbie:
“Maybe so but Hamilton was going quite well until Rosberg "cheated". Petulant or not he is in the right imo. God, I hate cheats. Rosberg hasn't been happy for weeks since Lewis has been winning. He needed to be in pole today and win, he made sure he was and did.”
Hamilton 'cheated' in Spain to stay in front of Rosberg by using a power button that the team specifically told him not use; especially as he turned around and said that Rosberg had the faster car. Brundle stated maybe Rosberg believes it's 1-1 between them in those stakes if he did pull a fast one during qualifying.