Doh! Well. Call of honesty I guess. If you voted Lewis please let me know, there should be 5 people in total.
Added a point for both of you. And based on these two posts from the Austria thread I've added points to El_Bando and happyal. Just missing one voter now.
"Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg are on a "final warning" that they will be severely punished if they crash again but remain free to race. Their Mercedes team said they had "strengthened our rules of engagement to include much greater deterrents to contact between our cars". Boss Toto Wolff said the drivers faced "sporting and financial consequences". Wolff refused to give details of the potential sanctions but hinted it could include suspensions from races." BBC Sport http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/36733390 Well how is that going to work? There are enough problems already arguing whose fault collisions are (with the exception of the most recent one, for the most part). How are they going to determine who gets punished? If they start suspending drivers when the championship is as tense as it is it will blow the team apart.
You're right that it will give them a problem if something does happen and they have to apportion blame. They're banking on the situation not arising because neither driver wants to risk a suspension. Hats off to them for continuing to avoid giving team orders (which nobody wants). As for blowing the team apart, it depends what you mean by "the team". If you mean the drivers (and possibly their garages), you're right - that is a risk. But Wolff will be thinking much wider than that. 1000 people who sweat blood to deliver the WCC and a return for the huge investment that Mercedes pumps into the campaign. For many of those 1000 people, I'm guessing the WCC is more important than a WDC. If Mercedes can put a reserve driver in for one race and still score some points (as happened down the pitlane with Vandoorne), they might see it as short term pain for long term gain. Depends what options they have. From this article at Autosport... http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/125184 For as long as Mercedes have the best car on the grid, their hand is still strong. Neither driver wants to miss a race, and neither would want to go to another team. They might grow to hate each other but, as long as it doesn't get in the way of WCC success (with WDC success being a bonus), Mercedes will consider that a price worth paying. Wolff doesn't need his drivers to like each other. He needs the Mercedes F1 team to score more points than any other F1 team.
70% and 80% chance of rain showers for Sat and Sunday apparantly?? That might mix up a few strategies! Wonder if anyone is set to go gambling on a wet set up?
I'm going hamilton here. there's no place to hide at silverstone and i think hamilton will get pole and drive off.
I want to vote Lewis but ..... if I do he'll definitly loose. So I'm sticking with Nico. xD I'm only superstitious when it comes to sport haha.
I just think silverstone is a grand wide track where a guy can get by at and adding up all the rain and stuff Hamilton will be best placed. rosberg likes predictability.
Something looks to be up with Rosbergs car, still on stands being inspected heavily. please log in to view this image
"Mercedes report there was "unusual behaviour" on the fire up of Nico Rosberg's engine. Paddy Lowe has now told Ted Kravitz that it was an oil leak. The good news is the floor of the German's W07 is back on, so he should be out on track soon. The other W07 is on track now, as Lewis Hamilton builds up for his opening stint of P2." - Sky Sports Feed
