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It's racing, if the team wanted Rosberg to win the tittle ,they should have left hamilton in the garage , anyway i thought team orders were banned.....

It's racing, if the team wanted Rosberg to win the tittle ,they should have left hamilton in the garage , anyway i thought team orders were banned.....

I think that was part  the problem HD, not much racing went on. It was more akin to a game of chess than a motor race. On balance IMO Hamilton acted in an unsporting manner. He did not break any rules, other than the teams. Unless you count those of sportsmanship.

I find Hamilton a difficult person to like for all the reasons mentioned by others. What he did yesterday was unsporting. I am not convinced that Seb and Max tried too hard to overtake Nico because they could see what was happening up ahead. Had Hamilton set out to win the race by going as fast as he could who knows what might have happened behind him. Atleast he would have earnt a bit of respect by doing that. 

David

As with most sports, it isn't about 'Sportsmanship', it's about 'Winning'  It's always been the same, so don't let anyone tell you differently. 

 

With a net worth of a reported c£190 million and this year's salary of c£40million, (never mind the same again in product promotional deals) why should he care about sportsmanship?

Much the same with pro footballers earning £200k per week whether they play or not.

For me F1 and its drivers, has become far too much like a Prima Donna. Too much big money involved etc etc.

Personally I think that a far more interesting motorsport event for TV would be a mixture of F3 racing and saloon car racing!

TF

There’s little doubt that Hamilton is the best driver, and he  was doing all he could to win the drivers championship.  I don’t think he did anything wrong. Didn’t see Rosburg attacking much or trying to overtake Hamilton so he can’t really complain.

The team ended up with first and second in the race and the drivers championship as well as the constructors championship so they should have no complaints either.

Oh boy someone who thinks the same as me and OH. Lewis was trying to win the championship and the race, its called tactics. Tito Wolf said on qualitying day that the team can give them directions but the drivers will decide for themselves if they will obey them  he knew what Lewis would do before he even went out there. If the shoe had been on the other foot do you not think Nico wouldn't have tried to something similar, like pushing Lewis off  come on its racing and the last few laps were some of the best this season. Lewis didn't win the championship because he had an engine problem during the season, he also didn't perform very well after the summer break, Nico did and that's where IMO he won it.

I find Hamilton a difficult person to like for all the reasons mentioned by others. What he did yesterday was unsporting. I am not convinced that Seb and Max tried too hard to overtake Nico because they could see what was happening up ahead. Had Hamilton set out to win the race by going as fast as he could who knows what might have happened behind him. Atleast he would have earnt a bit of respect by doing that. 

David

Not sure Lewis gives a fig what people think of him, he's out there to win, its what he does. Being nice in F1 doesn't make you a winner. Even if Max and Seb had overtaken Nico it wouldn't have made any differance to them, it could only affect Nico, don't forget Seb is also German. No love lost with Max and Nico though but his tyres just were not up to it, shame as I would have liked to see him on the podium.

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As an example of tactics. Many years ago my brother and I were sailing against another pair in two boat team racing. A winning score was either first and second or first and third.  The lead boat got away, so we focused on pushing the other boat down to fourth position. It wasn't about boat speed but tactics. As has been mentioned earlier on this thread, more akin to chess. All we had to do was ensure we had second and third to win. We sailed accordingly pushing the other boat all over the course to ensure he stayed behind until the final dash for the line. The object of the exercise is to win. That is all that Hamilton did.