In the press conference afterwards, Rosberg had all the look of a naughty kid who got away with raiding the sweetie jar. He said ‘when it happened I genuinely thought it was all over’. Aye I bet you did son, for Lewis! The way he celebrated getting out of the car was a clear message to Hamilton too.
As a lot of driver pundits said, the way he was sawing at the steering wheel before Mirabeau looks as though he is trying to unsettle the car, then he mashes at the brakes to lock the wheels. I reckon he could still have made the corner, but went for the bail out, then to make sure the flags continued to be waved, reversed back up the escape road when he could have taken it to the end and parked it. It’s not like he was in a rush to get back to the pits.
That plus the entire paddock, off the record, reckon it was deliberate…
Good to see Danny MacAskill getting some coverage on sky f1 too!