I chalked it up as racing incident.

Rosberg knew full well Hamilton was much faster, he play chicken with Hamilton.

Hamilton fully committed to the inside passing line, he was right along side when Rosberg crashed into him, he doesn't have the option to move back to the outside as Rosberg was between him and the outside line. He also play chicken.

In the end both crashed out. One for not remembering this is the first lap, there were 65 laps to pass the other guy back. The other for underestimating the teammate's resolve to crash into him to defend his line. 

Racing incident. Period.

Mercedes decided that this is Rosberg's season, they needed to give him the title in order to keep him happy. Hamilton drew the short straw.

The only driver to whine more than Vettel was Alonso, and to a certain extend, Rosberg. 


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