{"id":22045,"date":"2014-05-24T11:48:40","date_gmt":"2014-05-24T15:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=22045"},"modified":"2014-05-24T11:48:40","modified_gmt":"2014-05-24T15:48:40","slug":"stewards-probe-rosbergs-deliberate-mistake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/formula-1\/stewards-probe-rosbergs-deliberate-mistake\/","title":{"rendered":"Stewards probe Rosberg’s ‘deliberate’ mistake"},"content":{"rendered":"

Formula one burst into controversy on Saturday, at the very scene of Michael Schumacher’s ‘Rascasse-gate’ scandal eight years ago.<\/p>\n

\"Nico-Rosberg-3\"This time, it is Nico Rosberg feeling the heat of the paddock and the world, and a ‘Senna versus Prost’-style rivalry with Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton now on the verge of utterly exploding beyond control.<\/p>\n

A seething Hamilton was almost literally speechless after qualifying, with his final attempt at pole position thwarted in the dying moments by a highly-controversial ‘mistake’ by Rosberg.<\/p>\n

On British television Sky, former driver Johnny Herbert said Rosberg’s steering wheel movements seemed “dodgy” before he ran into the runoff zone, triggering the yellow flags when he then reversed out.<\/p>\n

“If it was a deliberate thing,” said 1996 world champion Damon Hill, “it was a very good deliberate thing.\u00a0 But Nico did not seem contrite at all.”<\/p>\n

Indeed, Hamilton could barely contain his fury, describing it as “ironic” that a mistake by Rosberg actually earned him pole.<\/p>\n

“I’ve never had that happen before.<\/p>\n

“I was on the pole lap,” said the Briton, his incandescent body-language speaking much clearer than his words.\u00a0 “I was up a couple of tenths.\u00a0 It’s ok.”<\/p>\n

Nonetheless delighted with his pole, when Rosberg apologised to Hamilton for ruining his lap, Hamilton replied when pressed: “I don’t have an answer to it.”<\/p>\n

Told by reporters afterwards that Hamilton is furious, Rosberg hit back: “I can’t do anything other than apologise.<\/p>\n

“It will be clear on the data.\u00a0 I just braked a little bit late and locked up and that’s it.”<\/p>\n

Earlier, Hamilton answered “who knows?” when it was suggested Rosberg’s ‘mistake’ was suspicious, but when asked if he thinks it was clearly deliberate, the 2008 world champion said: “I’m not saying that.\u00a0 I’m not saying anything.”<\/p>\n

The incident is being investigated by the stewards.<\/p>\n

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