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Originally Posted by Akrapovic
The Ferrari is faster in a straight line than the poor Renault engine, but not the Mercedes engine. That's been the case since the dawn of time, and won't change just because Vettel has nice tyres. It's easier to pass cars you have more power than.
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Originally Posted by TrapezeArtist
Tyres going off. Much more likely, I think.
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Both valid points, but I still think his motivation to pass Rosberg was very limited compared to Ricciardo and Verstappen.
Although I'll concede that this time I was cheering for Hamilton because he was doing a brilliant job with doing the only thing he could to win the championship bar ramming Rosberg off the track. Bit naive of Mercedes to expect him to just bent over. They should've agreed to let them race before the start and not repeatedly interfere with a title fight, as everyone knew exactly what was going on.