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Well, that was some information that I could have lived the rest of my life not knowing.
Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point. Well, that was some information that I could have lived the rest of my life not knowing.
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wrote:">Mercedes miscalculated Rosberg's fuel consumption in Australia
Lewis Hamilton may not have been as dominant in Melbourne as first thought. Germany's Auto Motor und Sport reports that a detailed investigation by Mercedes showed that it got its numbers wrong regarding Nico Rosberg's fuel strategy.
Team boss Toto Wolff had said after Australia that the German "did not have the weapons" to fight against Hamilton in the race because of fuel consumption. But the report on Friday said Rosberg had more fuel left in the tank after the race than engineers had expected. "Obviously," said Auto Motor und Sport, "the calculations regarding fuel were wrong."
1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve is also not writing off Rosberg after Australia. Asked by Brazil's Globo to nominate his pick for the 2015 title, the French-Canadian said: "I'm betting on Nico. I think he is the most hungry for this season."
After the agony of defeat, success will be sweet!
Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point. 
..."Everything was packed, the car engine was running in the garage," he told reporters in Belgium. "The baby seat is in the Mercedes ML and it took me two hours to put it in there. It was one of the toughest recent experiences!"
2 frigging hours? Really?
After the agony of defeat, success will be sweet!
After the agony of defeat, success will be sweet!You'll have to direct your inquiry to Family Services!!
After the agony of defeat, success will be sweet!Daniel Johnson, F1 Correspondent, in Mexico City wrote:">Lewis Hamilton: It is hard keeping Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg happy
Briton implies Mercedes are favouring German who he believes won Mexican Grand Prix after team denied him win
There was more than a whiff of lingering mistrust in the Mercedes motorhome as they packed up after the Mexican Grand Prix, their 10th one-two of the season.
Attempts to be scrupulously fair in their strategy calls left Lewis Hamilton glum-faced after what he felt was the team denying him the best chance of winning the first race in Mexico City for 23 years.
Hamilton added to the intrigue by being as confusing and self-contradictory as usual, indicating the lengths Mercedes have employed to keep Nico Rosberg happy.
The newly-crowned triple champion denied he felt the team had orchestrated the victory for Rosberg, before hinting otherwise.
“I know the team has felt the need to be extra warm [towards Rosberg],” Hamilton said on Monday night. “I do know what I mean but I’m not going to say what I mean. This weekend he did a good job at the end of the day. You should ask Toto [Wolff] and Niki [Lauda]. You should put those questions to them about how they feel about it. What they have to do behind the scenes to keep him happy.”
This is a team who are sweeping all before them but have two drivers – former friends it must be said – who barely speak to each other, and are increasingly willing to take matters into their own hands.
The background to Sunday’s row was their collision in Austin the previous week, which left Rosberg fuming (Hamilton dropped in that his team-mate did not congratulate him that day after sealing the title).
Hamilton could not resist a dig at Rosberg’s performance in Mexico, saying: “Nico drove really well today, no mistakes, no gusts of wind,” a reference to the German’s explanation for the mistake which cost him the US Grand Prix.
In Mexico the controversy centred on the team’s decision to bring both drivers in for a second stop. Rosberg and Hamilton were way out in front, with enough time to pit and come back out in the lead. The team feared the tyres would not make it to the end with just one stop, and brought Rosberg in.
They told Hamilton to follow suit but he questioned the call, continuing for a lap while the team explained themselves.
Pete Bonnington, his race engineer, said firmly: “So, Lewis, we were down to zero on the first set. If we run longer we will be down to zero if not worse so box [pit] at the end of this lap – instruction.”
“I think that’s the wrong call, but I’m coming in,” Hamilton said.
The team said it was a safety issue, but Hamilton disagreed. “There was no risk, there was nothing for me to lose,” the 30-year-old said. “We have won the constructors’ championship, the team have won, so let me take a risk, let’s go for it. But we did what we did and we still got the one-two. I was racing and that’s why I was considering staying out. But when the team say it’s an order, it’s an order, you do what they ask. But it wasn’t fun.”
On the one hand, Mercedes’s decision to bring both in makes perfect sense. As much as fans would like both drivers to be left to their own devices, the team were protecting their advantage. But the saga highlights how impossible it is to try to keep everyone happy. They may be better served by letting the drivers make up their own minds.
Unfortunately Wolff, the team chief, was not available to explain their rationale. He did not speak to journalists seemingly because some of the press pack had decided to ask Lauda, the team’s non-executive chairman, for his thoughts. And Lauda is not the team’s spokesman, according to their press manager, despite the fact the three-time champion appears on German television network RTL at every race.
It summed up the awkward mood in Mercedes despite another dominant weekend.
After the agony of defeat, success will be sweet!
After the agony of defeat, success will be sweet!
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