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[Sane_Man]

Well deserved Rosberg. Hamilton is such a dick. Most irritating sportsman in the world.

 

[jey_16]

If this is Nico doing this bullshit, Ted Kravitz would be asking for him to be killed on the track while crying.

Just embarassing behavior from the best driver in the grid. No respect whatsoever for that Loser after today.

couldn't have said it better myself

 

[Firemind]

lol didn't even win most races this season

 

[Aiii]

Don't know why people are so unhappy with Hamilton. I'm pretty sure we would've all tried something different if we were put in Hamilton's position.

Grats to Nico. Drove well all season and you don't win a championship on accident, so fully deserved.

Just because most would be a cunt in his position does not mean he wasn't a cunt.

 

[Cheeseman Battitude]

Have HAM and ROS shaken hands yet?

 

[sammyCYBORG]

If this is Nico doing this bullshit, Ted Kravitz would be asking for him to be killed on the track while crying.

Just embarassing behavior from the best driver in the grid. No respect whatsoever for that Loser after today.

His only chance to win was to back him up.

Every driver would do the same don't be an idiot.

A valid tactic that nearly worked. Smart racing.

 

[Ganzlinger]

Congrats, Nico!

 

[FuturusX]

F1, Rosberg, Hamilton won. Rosberg got a chance to earn the WDC, Hamilton tried everything he could and most importantly it got way more intense than this race actually deserved to be. Who wouldn't want the WDC to be decided by wheel to wheel racing in the last rounds of the final race.

Rosberg fans.

 

[Tubie]

Lol Vettel looks like a man that regrets everything.

His transformation into Alonso is almost complete.

 

[danowat]

Hamilton hasn't even congratulated him, surely that would be the gentlemanly thing to do?

 

[nature boy]

Driver's World Championship > Team 1-2.

Surely you don't think otherwise?

Tell that to Lowe and Lauda, they must be drunk in your mind

 

[Lemonte]

lol didn't even win most races this season

Just like his father

 

[Hasney]

Well yeah I wouldnt expect it would happen in the end

Still I dont blame him, his team helped Nico all season. It wasnt fair so he is justified. Go Lewis, true champ 2016.

Yeah totally, he gotta do what he gotta do. (other than helping Rosberg, Mercedes played it straight all season). I think Rosberg was lucky that it was Vettel in that position as he was always going to show the championship race more respect than Verstappen. Probably wouldn't have been enough to get him off the podium though.

 

[aspiegamer]

Watch, DQ'd for not returning to parc ferme, lol. Honestly I wish more drivers would do burnouts after all the races. FIA are dicks trying to ban that stuff. Also, about to be sued by Bernie for assault.

Rosberg earned it, I can't deny that. But "Secondberg" won't wash off until he pulls out a championship next year. "Fewer wins, fewer poles, escapes anyway" will always haunt this.

Yeah Hamilton was a dick the last 10 laps but what do you expect given the circumstances?

 

[Purdy]

Hamilton really should congratulate him to be honest.

 

[kmag]

Nothing wrong with Hamilton's strategy, the issue is that the track allows it/encourages it. Ultimately that factor worked against Hamilton a bit at the end because Rosberg was save from the chasers as soon as he got past the 1st sector on each lap.

 

[olore]

I have to laugh, that is the most somber room containing a new WDC I´ve witnessed so far

 

[BearPawB]

Hamilton made the race exciting. I don't blame him at all for doing everything he can to win the race.

So happy for Nico though

 

[BigAl1992]

Nico won it, Finally. Well done to him. He had the luck this year, and he deserves it. Now, let's stop shitting on him and Lewis and look forward to 2017, because These last few seasons have been painfully predictable to watch.

 

[mclem]

Robin Raikonnen to win 2041 World Championship

Felipinho to win the following year... for about forty seconds.

 

[CrayToes]

Has Lewis really not congratulated him? What a knob.

 

[Lionel Richie]

So proud of Nico, great job, great season, worthy champion. To go against one of the best of all time with the same car as yours and beat him after the personal hell that was the previous 2 years is just something fantastic.

Great fucking driver.

 

[CelticKnight]

Hamilton's body language is a little petulant...

 

[DieH@rd]

 

[Pterion]

Hamilton hasn't even congratulated him, surely that would be the gentlemanly thing to do?

He already did. Geez.

 

[Showaddy]

Well deserved Rosberg. Hamilton is such a dick. Most irritating sportsman in the world.

Eh if my inferior teammate was winning simply because his supposedly identical car hasn't fallen apart I'd do all i can as well.

 

[Juicy Bob]

For the record, I don't think Hamilton did anything wrong.

 

[jey_16]

Just like his father

just like Hamilton in 2008.....

 

[GKB]

Well, congratulations for Rosberg! He earned it.

The last few laps were quite exciting too!

 

[sammex]

Well done Britney!

Hamilton did what he had to do. Maybe should've been even more aggressive with it and tried it half way through the race. Any driver would have tried it, I don't see what the big deal is.

 

[Aiii]

Has Lewis really not congratulated him? What a knob.

He did.

 

[Bits N Pieces]

Of course it was within Lewis's right to deploy the tactics he wanted but when you repeatedly disobey team orders then your racing for your self and not the team, it is kind of what I expect from Hamilton though so no great surprise really.

 

[danowat]

He already did. Geez.

When? Didn't see it on what I'm watching?

 

[nekkid]

Hamilton really should congratulate him to be honest.

He gave him a hug immediately after.

 

[mclem]

Has Lewis really not congratulated him? What a knob.

There was an acknowledgement in parc ferme

 

[CrayToes]

He did.

Ah good. I didn't see it on my coverage.

 

[Rodelero]

Hamilton's body language is a little petulant...

He's just lost a World Championship which he knows full well he deserved. He isn't petulant, he's upset. Stop allowing your hatred to get in the way of understanding human emotions. He's congratulated Rosberg at least twice already. Petulance is Rosberg's behaviour last year.

 

[cw_sasuke]

Well deserved Rosberg. Hamilton is such a dick. Most irritating sportsman in the world.

Are you german ? Nothing Hamilton did this race was a dickish move...pretty much expected.

 

[Anfang]

Of course it was within Lewis's right to deploy the tactics he wanted but when you repeatedly disobey team orders then your racing for your self and not the team, it is kind of what I expect from Hamilton though so no great surprise really.

The team already has everything locked up. gtfo with this shite

 

[sammyCYBORG]

Of course it was within Lewis's right to deploy the tactics he wanted but when you repeatedly disobey team orders then your racing for your self and not the team, it is kind of what I expect from Hamilton though so no great surprise really.

He still won the race with ease.

Even coasting the RBs and Ferrari had nothing.

 

[Scotch]

Depends what you mean by "artificial". They have a skid block to specifically create the sparks, but they are generated by the bottom of the car hitting the deck.

I wouldn't call it artificial. It's a magnesium floor in contact with the tarmac, not some spark generating machine underneath the car.
Edit: titanium

Not artificial, they just decided to use titanium for the skid blocks. The spectacle of that is just one reason.

This from reddit:

Ah, cheers. I misunderstood then.

 

[Mohonky]

Respect the team orders for the 1-2? By deliberately slowing down he jeopardized that result?

Why? The constructors title was decided weeks ago, he's driving for the drivers title, he's going to do what he needs to do to win.

Was Rosberg worried about the Merc getting the cars home 1-2 when he ploughed into Hamilton is Austria lol.


Had Hamiltons engine not grenaded in Malayasia, I'm sure he would have driven faster, would you be happier then?

 

[thenexus6]

Hamilton hasn't even congratulated him, surely that would be the gentlemanly thing to do?

They shook hands / patted each other after they were out in car in the crowd.

 

[Frankfurter]

Congrats to Rosberg, well deserved.

I kinda liked what Hamilton tried at the end, to be honest, but he did a pretty bad job with it.

I think he actually did a pretty damn good job at it, except for the last DRS straight. He went really slow all the lap up until just before the first DRS point and nearly always avoided Nico having DRS on the straigts - except for that last straight, where he probably got desperate.

 

[Juicy Bob]

EDIT: Ignore me

 

[Ark]

I think Mercedes is what has pissed me off the most this year. I'm so tired of their bland corporate bullshit. They're by far the least exciting outfit on the grid.

I don't care about the team bullshit, just let the drivers do what they want.

Disappointed that Hamilton hasn't congratulated Nico yet.

Nico was quick to do so in 2014.

A lot has happened since then tbf. There's no love lost between them now. Still crappy though.

 

[sam777]

I thought his "tactics" were the same the whole race? >_>

They were but his last 2/3 laps were pathetic pace wise.

 

[Cheeseman Battitude]

I wonder if Rosberg will have the number 1 on his car next year. It's not been done for a while. It might rub Hamilton's nose in it a bit more. Something he'd probably like to do.

 

[danowat]

They shook hands / patted each other after they were out in car in the crowd.

Ahhh ok, they didn't show that on what I am watching.

 

[Purdy]

He gave him a hug immediately after.

Missed it, fair enough then, did everything he could within his control.