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Yes DNF's are quite common but not usually for just one member of a team in supposedly the 'same' car. Just a little bit iffy if you ask me.
Anyway, Rosberg had the sense to get out (a bit gutless of him if you ask me) as he wasn't ever going to retain it. Hamilton has kicked on this year and with Farrari coming back stronger with vettel, he'd have struggl;ed big time. Hamilton had one DNF in that season and Rosberg none which ended up being the difference. I have no doubt that Hamilton is more talented, however, I must say I was quite surprised to see Rosberg giving him a run for his money. In the first year Hamilton became champion with Mercedes, it happened in the last race at Abu Dhabi when Rosberg had a DNF with his gearbox failing, if it was the other way round, he would already have beaten Hamilton. Rosberg is less talented but works his way up hard, he was even beating Schumacher when the latter came back to F1 though he was probably not at his peak then. Rosberg left because he would not have been able to work as hard all the time while Hamilton does other things. It's not just the DNF. It's all the other little niggles that hampered his progress through the season. It happened a bit the season before when Hamilton suffered a fire in qualification due to a loose fuel pipe of all things. These mechanics are supposed to be the best in the world yet can't do up a fuel pipe properly? Even my local Halfords can do that!
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Yes DNF's are quite common but not usually for just one member of a team in supposedly the 'same' car. Just a little bit iffy if you ask me.
Anyway, Rosberg had the sense to get out (a bit gutless of him if you ask me) as he wasn't ever going to retain it. Hamilton has kicked on this year and with Farrari coming back stronger with vettel, he'd have struggl;ed big time. It's been quite an exciting series this time. So pleased to see Vettel getting his arse kicked after that disgusting deliberate unpunished sideswipe on Hammy.  He was not unpunished, he got a 10s stop and go which costed him a win. It looked unpunished because Hamilton was unlucky with his head rest. A 10 second stop go for deliberately hitting a car under caution should have been a disqualification at the least.
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Yes DNF's are quite common but not usually for just one member of a team in supposedly the 'same' car. Just a little bit iffy if you ask me.
Anyway, Rosberg had the sense to get out (a bit gutless of him if you ask me) as he wasn't ever going to retain it. Hamilton has kicked on this year and with Farrari coming back stronger with vettel, he'd have struggl;ed big time. Hamilton had one DNF in that season and Rosberg none which ended up being the difference. I have no doubt that Hamilton is more talented, however, I must say I was quite surprised to see Rosberg giving him a run for his money. In the first year Hamilton became champion with Mercedes, it happened in the last race at Abu Dhabi when Rosberg had a DNF with his gearbox failing, if it was the other way round, he would already have beaten Hamilton. Rosberg is less talented but works his way up hard, he was even beating Schumacher when the latter came back to F1 though he was probably not at his peak then. Rosberg left because he would not have been able to work as hard all the time while Hamilton does other things. It's not just the DNF. It's all the other little niggles that hampered his progress through the season. It happened a bit the season before when Hamilton suffered a fire in qualification due to a loose fuel pipe of all things. These mechanics are supposed to be the best in the world yet can't do up a fuel pipe properly? Even my local Halfords can do that! I don't miss a race or qualification and very often see such issues like having a faulty spark plug, Rosberg had an engine burst in that same season as well. Don't be a Pickle believing in conspiracy theories.
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I don't like thinking of a conspiracy but it was just all a bit too one sided to be fair for me. I mean what German car company wouldn't want a German world champion for them?
Didn't the two swap around pit crews too the 2015 season which then seemed to lead to Hamilton having some bad luck?
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I don't like thinking of a conspiracy but it was just all a bit too one sided to be fair for me. I mean what German car company wouldn't want a German world champion for them?
Didn't the two swap around pit crews too the 2015 season which then seemed to lead to Hamilton having some bad luck? Yes they did swap for whatever reasons which I suppose Hamilton saw a non issue. There was only the Malaysia incident which was decisive, otherwise, when Hamilton took all the penalties and started last at Spa I think it was, he came 3rd. In that season it was his starts that let him down. Regarding a German company wanting a German to win, I don't buy that else they would have recruited the best German around, ie, Vettel instead of renewing Hamilton's contract. I mean who is German in that team, only Rosberg was the rest are mainly British and Austrian
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Rocky and Charlie spooning 
That job interview was going so well until I realized I was fukked up on acid in the middle of a cornfield naked and talking to a scarecrow.
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Lost my eldest (125) cat Puss the week before last to a brain tumor,never gets any easier.. Anyway i got in today and there was a card from the vets with a little poem they had made up on behalf of Puss and condolences from all the staff..Lovely touch and brought a tear to the eye.
That job interview was going so well until I realized I was fukked up on acid in the middle of a cornfield naked and talking to a scarecrow.
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That job interview was going so well until I realized I was fukked up on acid in the middle of a cornfield naked and talking to a scarecrow.
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James May!
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Oh YES! 'Ello again darlin' sweetie chops. 
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