Nico's punishment.

[hairyben]

Park'O said:

Not bad but likely --

McLaren - Alonso / Rosberg

About as likely as bernie announcing his going to give all his money to charity and live out his days as a monk and the fia apologising for their absolute incompetence and announcing the appointment of a wholly independent and unhindered investigation into their own corruption.

We're more likely to see Yuje Ide and George Michael driving for mclaren.

Rosberg may have won the spat, insofar as he's nobbled 25 points off his team-mate and got away, but going forwards he has a problem: He'll be viewed in the pitlane as someone who can't hack a handy team-mate, but he just doesn't have the profile of say a schumacher/alonso/prost etc to command that mr big dick no 1 driver position.

Can you honestly see alonso with his history going anywhere to be alongside someone who happily admits to going carmegeddon on his team-mate if he can't beat him in wheel-to-wheel?

[rigga]

hora said:

Apparently Nico is intelligent. 'The English fans booed me'.

Arrogance. Racefans boo'ed idiot.

At the time he spouted that,I did think it was a little but stupid.

[anonymous-user]

rigga said:

hora said:

Apparently Nico is intelligent. 'The English fans booed me'.

Arrogance. Racefans boo'ed idiot.

At the time he spouted that,I did think it was a little but stupid.

Actually, from informed reports, it was Hamilton fans, most of them British, who were doing the booing.......

Not sure who else would have been much interested.

[MGJohn]

TVR1 said:

I understand that there is a name change afoot.

Louis Von Hammelstein.

Worked for The Windsors.

Rascal ...

[longblackcoat]

REALIST123 said:

Actually, from informed reports, it was Hamilton fans, most of them British, who were doing the booing.......

Not sure who else would have been much interested.

Not that well informed; I was there and a pretty blonde lady wrapped in a Finnish flag was giving Rosberg a huge boo. As were some spectacularly pissed Dutchmen who despite their huge beer consumption managed to heckle Roberg and tell me in perfectly (drunken) English that "the little German boy must grow up".

[mft]

Park'O said:

Not bad but likely --

Ferrari - Vettel / Bianchi
McLaren - Alonso / Rosberg
RBR - Ricardo / Vergne
Mercedes - Hamilton / Hulkenberg

1. Would Vettel choose to move to Ferrari? He's already rich, and while I get the allure of the Ferrari brand, I'd back RBR to put a front-runner on the grid next year, over Ferrari.
2. Won't McLaren will probably keep Magnussen? And I doubt that Rosberg would have the weight to be their lead driver.
3. I think RBR are are likely to promote Kvyat than Vergne, if they lose Vettel and can't find a 'leading' replacement (of Alonso's or Hamilton's level)
4. Possible, but I'd more expect the status quo at Merc next year. This current kerfuffle will blow over.

[lord trumpton]

Park'O said:

lord trumpton said:

OK heres my thoughts for 2015

Ferrari - Hamilton and Kimmi

McLaren - Alonso and bottas

RB - Ricardo and JB(?)

MB - Rosberg Vettel

Not bad but likely --

Ferrari - Vettel / Bianchi
McLaren - Alonso / Rosberg
RBR - Ricardo / Vergne
Mercedes - Hamilton / Hulkenberg

I can't see McLaren letting Bottas go.
Rosberg is signed up for another season already

[9.3]

[oyster]

hora said:

Apparently Nico is intelligent. 'The English fans booed me'.

Arrogance. Racefans boo'ed idiot.

I was stood next to a group of Belgian fans near the podium. They didn't boo.

The crowd around the start straight was about 80% British.

You don't need to be a genius to work it out.


Did you hear the cheers at Silverstone when Rosberg retired? Remind me again, was that not British/English fans?

[Scuffers]

oyster said:

Did you hear the cheers at Silverstone when Rosberg retired? Remind me again, was that not British/English fans?

I cheered too (at the Silverstone retirement)

nothing to do with me being English and him being German, and everything about him being somewhat unsporting.

sadly, in recent F1 history, a lot of the unsportsmanlike behavior seems to be committed by Germans!

[anonymous-user]

longblackcoat said:

REALIST123 said:

Actually, from informed reports, it was Hamilton fans, most of them British, who were doing the booing.......

Not sure who else would have been much interested.

Not that well informed; I was there and a pretty blonde lady wrapped in a Finnish flag was giving Rosberg a huge boo. As were some spectacularly pissed Dutchmen who despite their huge beer consumption managed to heckle Roberg and tell me in perfectly (drunken) English that "the little German boy must grow up".

So a blonde lady and a drunk Dutchman booed him? Perhaps you're not that well informed?

[wevster]

It looks like Rosberg has been fined a 6 figure sum.

[MGJohn]

hora said:

wevster said:

It looks like Rosberg has been fined a 6 figure sum.

Sauce?

HP I reckon...

More seriously, if the source proves kosher, that has set some precedent and will be hard to administer appropriately with any similar "racing incidents".

[wevster]

hora said:

Sauce?

http://www.planetf1.com/news/3213/9451252/Rosberg-Handed-Six-Figure-Fine-

[StottyEvo]

MGJohn said:

More seriously, if the source proves kosher, that has set some precedent and will be hard to administer appropriately with any similar "racing incidents".

Where in the racing incident one team member wipes out another one I don't think it'll be too difficult to administer.

[longshot]

Just for argument's sake, if he didn't pay it, what would or could they do?

[Scuffers]

longshot said:

Just for argument's sake, if he didn't pay it, what would or could they do?

I imagine its a case of them not paying him it in the first place.

[VladD]

Scuffers said:

longshot said:

Just for argument's sake, if he didn't pay it, what would or could they do?

I imagine its a case of them not paying him it in the first place.

I'd imagine it's all very carefully worded in Nico's contract.

[Jasandjules]

Still not as much as the value of the points they lost nor the car damage.

I am curious to know if they have set down what other sanctions will be imposed should he do it again.

[MGJohn]

StottyEvo said:

MGJohn said:

More seriously, if the source proves kosher, that has set some precedent and will be hard to administer appropriately with any similar "racing incidents".

Where in the racing incident one team member wipes out another one I don't think it'll be too difficult to administer.

That remains to be seen.