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Hopefully this'll back fire on Hamilton and he's the loser in team orders.
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I largely agree but in those examples, did Nico have his car in front?
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Agreed, he broke too late, and the issue was compounded by failing brakes, so even if he was overly defensive he should've held his hands up and done the classy thing in admitting his error instead of blaming his team mate, wonder if he'll review his standpoint, especially given the marshals laid the blame firmly at his feet...
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Oh I'm sure he did, but that's not exactly a new play in the F1 playbook. Hamilton done the exact same thing in Canada this year and Austin last(?) year.
He was on the inside and if he had slowed the car in time, he would've held position and Hamilton most likely would've passed on the next straight.
Point I'm getting at is that I don't think Rosberg intended to t-bone Hamilton and take him out of the race. He was on the back foot after a bad exit out of turn 1, took the defensive line on the less clean side of the track and was unable to stop in time due to that and the braking issue.
I don't think it was premeditated, intentional or malicious, he simply broke too late. Which is an easy thing to do with a recent brake issue I imagine.