Mercedes Made the Right Call in Handling of Lewis Hamilton-Nico Rosberg Crash

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Published: May 18, 2016

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The only surprising thing about Lewis Hamilton's collision with Nico Rosberg at the Spanish Grand Prix is that it did not happen sooner. For more than two years, the Mercedes team-mates have been duelling head-to-head for Formula One championships, yet this is the first time they have both retired from a race due to a crash with each other.

Since the beginning of 2014, Hamilton and Rosberg have started alongside each other on the front row 30 times. There have been a few close calls—think back to last year in Japan and the United States—but the 2014 Belgian Grand Prix is the only other race where a collision between the team-mates cost Mercedes points (Hamilton was eventually forced to retire after Rosberg clipped the back of his car on the second lap).



Maybe the only positive for Mercedes to take away from the latest incident in Barcelona is the team's brain trust learned from what happened in Spa nearly two years ago. The two incidents are similar, but not identical, although Mercedes handled the Barcelona crash more efficiently, which should benefit the team in the long term.

Back in 2014, just to refresh our memories, the controversy dragged on for a week before Rosberg issued what looked like a forced apology.

And while Rosberg took the majority of the criticism and blame for hitting his team-mate, Hamilton admitted in a statement on his own website that, "We have both made mistakes and I feel it would be wrong to point fingers and say which one is worse than the other."


Mercedes also released a statement saying "suitable disciplinary measures have been taken," but declined to name them.

While there is an argument to be made for allowing everyone to cool off before discussing a crash, as Mercedes did two years ago, the team was more decisive last Sunday in Spain. Despite the difficult and disappointing situation in Barcelona, where the team potentially...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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