Rosberg retires after winning F1 championship!

retirement means nothing these days,how many times as spencer done it,be back when he's bored off his skull

Hamilton was the cause, Rosbergs bottle has gone after the dirty trick he did on Sunday

What dirty trick was that big aitch?

He knows he won't be as lucky again next - swap the cars & he wouldn't have been close.

Why not retire? He is not short of money and it is still a dangerous game.

Hes been racing hamilton since he was about 10 and deep down probably knows hamilton is better. He's a multi millionaire with a young family, why not retire when on top.

Wesdag  • December 2, 2016 7:27 PM GMT 
He knows he won't be as lucky again next - swap the cars & he wouldn't have been close.

Thy were very close this year...so I doubt that, just my opinion

Still I suspect there has not been a good atmosphere between them this year.

I suspect he may be back in future

swap the cars, give him a toro rosso and we'll see how good he is ....

big aitch 02 Dec 16 18:23 Joined: 20 Sep 03 | Topic/replies: 2,972 | Blogger: big aitch's blog
Hamilton was the cause, Rosbergs bottle has gone after the dirty trick he did on Sunday

Are you a complete fool or just a fool

ebul,

Rosberg finished every race whereas Hamilton didn't due mechanical issues beyond his control.

*due to

Seat for Button

give the other merc to vestappen , now that could be the best two horse race

Yeah that would be amazing youngest champion next year

Wesdag  • December 2, 2016 9:04 PM GMT 
ebul,

Rosberg finished every race whereas Hamilton didn't due mechanical issues beyond his control.

Well that is just bad luck, unless you are claiming his car was deliberately sabotaged by Mercedes, which I don't believe.

Laying, Hamilton drove very slowly to back Rosberg up to Vettel & Verstappen, he was told not to by Toto and ignored him. He will either get fined or fired.

Why does that DFC HFT think that anyone gives 2 fcuks what he thinks. He is a Bigoted cretin who needs a good kicking.

I think you'll find you're in the minority with that way of thinking.

He won't be sacked as Rosberg has retired, I do not think Mercedes were happy with what he did, but it is past now

Facts, I probably know a lot more about F1 than you do. I watch all the practice sessions and qualifying as well as the races. Rosberg was a bit naughty in the Monaco qualifying, but what Hamilton did was dangerous. Anyone who follows F1 properly understands exactly what has happened

Must be nice to not need £20m a year plus at only 31.

he probably won't Ebul, he is a very talented driver, there are few as good as him, would be nice to see Paul Diresta get a seat next year

Big Aitch. Paul would have a good year if still with Force India.

ebulGery    02 Dec 16 22:06 

Well that is just bad luck, unless you are claiming his car was deliberately sabotaged by Mercedes, which I don't believe.
..............

That's precisely why Roseberg was lucky to win the title.

Had to laugh at Hamilton having one last dig - saying he wasnt surprised at his retirement as he had only won one championship in 18 years of racing - classy to the last Lewis - divnt let it fester laddie

I do not think it was just luck Wesdag, if Hamilton had not broken down the championship would have been different,

luck is always involved.

No love lost smirnoff

i know the history ebul but nee need to behave like that imo - just my opinion though

big aitch • December 2, 2016 10:12 PM GMT
Laying, Hamilton drove very slowly to back Rosberg up to Vettel & Verstappen, he was told not to by Toto and ignored him. He will either get fined or fired.



This was the only tactic available to him and anyone else in his position would have done the same.  He's not going to be fired for it ffs.

^ Correct.  Nor was it dangerous in any way.

He could have over done it by really backing them up or even instigating a collision in the hope that he would come out of it better...this would have  been crossing the line and unsportsmanlike.  What he did was merely tactical and good racing.

Rosberg was sh1tting himself, I like Lewis but what he did was dangerous (there could easily have been a collision), selfish and against his Teams (the people who pay him) orders.

He was lucky Rosberg doesn't think like Schumaker did, he would have run into him on purpose and put them both out the race.

big aitch    02 Dec 16 22:18 
Facts, I probably know a lot more about F1 than you do. I watch all the practice sessions and qualifying as well as the races. Rosberg was a bit naughty in the Monaco qualifying, but what Hamilton did was dangerous. Anyone who follows F1 properly understands exactly what has happened


I'm sure you do big aitch. But my post was aimed at ebulGery

Admittedly I only followed this with a passing interest, but my understanding was that his team had said they'd let the drivers race without interfering, as the Constructors Championship was already won.  If this is the case, why did they subsequently renege on this?

Anyway, hasn't Rosberg earned a fortune in his career, has a family and realises that it's a dangerous sport?  He's probably paid his mortgage off, so not like he needs the brass.  What's wrong with packing in while at the top and spending more than eight or nine weeks of the year at home with your children?

Running into Lewis deliberately would have been moronic, it could easily have backfired  if Lewis had survived the collision and Nico had to retire..

Oz, what Lewis did was pretty moronic.

Rob, Mercedes wanted the one-two, they don't want their drivers risking damage to their cars.

Facts, I'm sorry about that

" Laying, Hamilton drove very slowly to back Rosberg up to Vettel & Verstappen, he was told not to by Toto and ignored him. He will either get fined or fired"

Can't fire now they as need him even more.. Is it a team sport or an individual one? I think that the public regard it as an individual one. 
Difficult for them to get any top driver that Hamilton will get along with who would be content to always be second to him. Verstappen and Hamilton would be an even more explosive pairing.
How many drivers are actually available and not signed up to a contract for 2017?

What the Papers Say:

http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12040/10681153/fleet-street-39lewis-hamilton-made-nico-rosberg-retire-from-formula-139

Big aitch you're wrong fella.. Any great driver would have done what Hamilton did, some would have gone much further..He was trying to win the Championship.

Anyway.. Moving on.. Good luck with your bets today.

Correct laying, whatever Hamilton does always seems to generate massive over-reaction.

Can't think why.

verstappen will go to ferrari coz kimi is finnish

Big aitch: Why have Williams gone for Stroll in 2017 instead of using their reserve di Resta?

thanks laying, doing quite well so far

I wish I knew old git, when they were making suggestions on Sky F1, for Williams drivers he was doing some commentaries and went quite when Williams drivers were mentioned, I was hoping Force India would take him back on, maybe because he is working for Williams they didn't want to either

Lance Strolls Dad has spent $80million on next years seat.

Dec 3, 2016 -- 1:04PM, tomhunt wrote:

verstappen will go to ferrari coz kimi is finnish

Dec 3, 2016 -- 2:20PM, Zazu wrote:

Lance Strolls Dad has spent $80million on next years seat.

That will help him get a drive

I would have thought there is another aspect to this discussion, and that is that the prize money for winning is probably a lot more than coming second! So there are vested interests for individual drivers in coming first other than helping the team look good. I'm wondering if Hamilton is perhaps more interested in the prize money than the actual Championship position, or am I being a bit cynical here?

I think it is more the Kudos Moke, he has more money than he would spend in 10 lifetimes, bit like Roida.

F1, probably the most boring sport ever to get so much air-tme, anyone of the top 10 drivers could have won in that car, it's all about the car, the drivers are just steering computers on wheels around a track.

Indeed, over-hyped bollocks.

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