Lewis Hamilton or Nico Rosberg: Who Has Psychological Edge After Belgian GP?

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Published: September 2, 2014

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Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg's collision during the 2014 Belgian Grand Prix provoked a huge reaction from fans and the media.

Mercedes reacted by fining Rosberg, and the German apologised to both the team and Hamilton. But both were relatively empty gestures and won't have placated Hamilton one little bit.

Their relationship now looks beyond repair.

The two men will spend the rest of the season locked in battle, not only for the title but for the hearts and minds of those within their Mercedes team.

Luck and physical ability will play a key part, but the mental state of a driver is perhaps more important than both.



Rosberg will most likely take heart from the aftermath of the Spa incident. Whether deliberate or not, it was clearly an avoidable accident and clearly the German's fault.

The secondary steering movement—seen here in a still image and here on Sky Sports' website (UK users only)—he made that brought him into contact with Hamilton's wheel was unusual to say the least and was always likely to cause a collision.

But he got away with it entirely. The FIA did not look into it, and Mercedes doled out nothing more than what the Daily Mail reported as a six-figure fine.



Whether at the high- or low-end of six figures, it won't have bothered multi-millionaire Rosberg at all. He may feel that he could do it again and suffer no consequences.

He also got away with the qualifying incident in Monaco—an action which, per The Guardian's Paul Weaver, the majority of people inside the F1 paddock believe was deliberate.

Having twice come out badly from what he saw as dirty tricks, Hamilton's mental state may be negatively affected. He feels that he has on two occasions been cheated by Rosberg, and received no justice on either occasion.

In the past he has displayed something of a "victim complex"&mda...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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