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No argument here. The trouble for Wolff is Merc set specific priorities and if the Constructor Championship is settled their next priority is race wins. This may be where Wolff has room to give but prior to the race Hamilton knew the race win was the team's priority and those radio messages showed they hadn't changed that in any way in light of the circumstances of the race.

Just saying Merc is a hierarchical org with some rigid rules and expectations. In the heat of the race they decided their employee needed to do something to secure their objective and he decided to risk it for his own benefit. Someone needs to give a little. Hamilton won and it was still a 1-2 so it might look in hindsight like he was right all along but the team thought they knew better and, given what could have happened if Vettel (or was it Verstappen?) had benefited from a free-ish tire change due to a SC period, may still feel like that win was down to luck rather than Hamilton making the better call.

Wolff is in charge so the ball is in his corner but he really does need to either somehow make the hierarchy clear to Hamilton or change his and the team's stance going forward. It's a tough situation IF you want to be able to continue to call the races from the pits in those instances when you think you know things your drivers can't see. A skillful leader can make it work, regardless of the strength of the personalities he has to deal with. Your ball, Toto. Good luck with that.

(Ps - I'll be surprised if Hamilton even gets that slap on the wrist. I expect a serious talk will occur and there'll be a handshake at the end. End of story.)

 

Oh, man, now no one is going to believe me. I've been thinking the last couple days that Rosberg should retire now. Figured everyone would call me crazy so I didn't bother to post.

I think it started with a quote from his father Keke in that interview I posted earlier.

If he retires, he goes out on top and without ever losing a race after winning the title. (I wonder whether that's a first) But if he stays, just think how many jokes there will be about peaking in 2016. I also think watching Schumacher struggle when he came back with Merc had a big impression on him.

Anyway, believe it or not, someone actually did see this coming... Well, sort of, didn't think he'd actually do it.