Lars997:
I have a completely different view.
The accident was caused by racing and the stubbornness of Hamilton as well Rosberg has been leading to the accident. As much as Rosberg might could avoid the accident Hamilton could have done. Mercedes is giving to much credit to Hamilton - higher income and more advantages - he is clearly the no. 1 in the team. We could see this multiple times this year, just thinking about the un-respected team-order in the previous race. Hearing from Hamilton after couple of rounds already that he wants to give up tells everything. The guy is not a good sportsman and I would expect him to get punished for giving up, too. Just because you are the last should not give you the option to park the car in the pit.
BUT - At the end its Mercedes managements fault. As Reginos says - you need to have clear leadership who is no. 1 / 2 - and so on. Also - leadership means having a good team atmosphere among the drivers. I know myself the very best that it is not easy to keep too many alphas controlled, but that's what a team management needs to understand before signing contracts. Mercedes is just to much into the game of power and winning - even as an outsider its clearly to see that there is not much about "having fun" in that team. Have we seen lots of emotions and "fun-attitude" at Red Bull and even at Ferrari, you for sure can say this is not existing at Mercedes. They are as dry and without emotions as the cars they sell!
Sorry to say - my thoughts!
Bingo,
my thoughts as well. What is completely left out in this discussion is Hamilton´s behavior towards Rosberg. How many times has he made some maneuvers on track that were borderline justifiable towards a teammate. How often has he taken his teammate into consideration for the benefit of the team? Some of you describe Hamilton as if he is the most charitable man on the grid but I would say not much would be further from the truth. Rosberg has established himself much better in the team than about anybody would´ve expected but he must´ve realized that a friendly co-existence with Hamilton on the team is impossible to achieve.
I actually believe Hamilton´s move against Rosberg in Hungary, pushing him onto the grass in one of the last laps of the race, has been a far more conscious maneuver towards his teammate than Rosberg´s yesterday. Magnussen, by the way, has been penalized for pushing Alonso onto the grass at around 300 kph, also a rather deliberate move without doubt and not something that occurs in the heat of the battle. To believe Rosberg would ruin his front wing intentionally in such a fight is a bit irritating as well. Could he have played it safe and wait another lap? Surely. Could he have expected that Hamilton will defend his line with vigor? Most certainly. Nonetheless, those are the same tricks that Senna (or M. Schumacher) played in his career decades ago just that years have passed on since then. And without a doubt, Hamilton has tried to take over a lot of those habits as rivals as Alonso, Maldonado or Massa have experienced before. Here is the catch though, all this works as long as you are dominating the opponent. In too many past seasons including this year´s, this has not been the case.