Like I said, the only way Hamilton could have made the pass work was to drive around the outside of Rosberg in a corner where you can't go side-by-side around the outside.
If you actually listened to Hamilton interviews you'll know his plan was to straighten the car up quicker than Rosberg who would be on the tighter line for a faster run into 3. He went as far to the outside as he reasonably could and turned in as late as was reasonable but did not expect Rosberg to plough into him, he expected Rosberg to have turned into the corner, because you know, that is what you're supposed to do.
No, I still think Hamilton bears responsibility, because the first rule of overtaking is that the burden of passing cleanly rests with the attacking driver, and I don't think that Hamilton was far enough ahead to say that he had the position. There have been plenty of defending drivers who have moved back across the way Rosberg did.
Moved back across? Rosberg didn't move anywhere, he went in a straight line towards Lewis. If you watch the slo-mo he didn't turn his wheel until Hamilton had started turning in, so if Hamilton hadn't done that when exactly was Rosberg planning to turn in? Once he had forced Lewis all the way off the track, despite being the car behind? That is still not allowed.
It really doesn't matter if
you don't think he was far enough ahead. The rules state that if a driver is fully alongside you have to give him the space.
Quite clearly Lewis was not just alongside, he was ahead.
At this point Rosberg has still barely turned in. Where is he expecting Hamilton to have gone? Straight on? Here is an overlay of their trajectories into the turn.
Hamilton is on a normal wide line into the corner, Rosberg has barely turned in, as I said. His trajectory has him running to the edge of the track, almost always on a trajectory into the outside car. He didn't give him the space.
Plus, Hamilton was apparently told that Rosberg had braking issues. In which parallel universe is trying to out-brake and drive around a car with brake problems at the heaviest braking point on the circuit - and a corner where you can't go around the outside - a good idea?
No he wasn't. Stop trying to put blame on Hamilton in any way you can if you don't even know the facts.
A furious Toto Wolff called the incident “brainless” and said it “could easily have been a double DNF”.
He revealed both cars “were marginal on brakes” but “we couldn’t tell the drivers”. “Nico had a brake-by-wire failure onto the last straight,” he added.
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