“I’m on the inside and I have the right to defend”, Rosberg said.
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Max Verstappen in a Red Bull was second and Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari was third.
Rosberg was blamed for causing the collision by stewards and was given a 10-second penalty, which did not affect the standings.
“We were battling, I was struggling a little bit with my brakes because they got a bit hot, my tyres were degrading so that gave Lewis a chance”.
Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes should not introduce team orders in his fight with Nico Rosberg as it would “rob” fans.
“Firstly for myself because that would take the joy of racing out, and secondly for the fans because that will rob them of what they pay so much money for”.
A 140,000-strong crowd is expected at Silverstone on Sunday with most cheering on Hamilton who won previous year.
Lauda, the Mercedes chairman, also claimed that Hamilton had “lied” in claiming that his relationship with Rosberg was better than ever – adding fuel to the internal conflict within the world championship team ahead of Sunday’s British Grand Prix. “It’s a pity, it shouldn’t happen”, Wolff said. “I know that Nico had a brake problem”. He added that Rosberg did not have enough space, and he said it was a pity that the crashed had happened. “It’s absolutely not what we want”, a livid Wolff told Sky Sports F1. I’m here to win.
I’ll try and forget it as quickly as possible, and enjoy some family time, and then the next race comes up so quickly. “So I was surprised Lewis turned in and caused a collision”. But I’m sorry, if I were the Mercedes-Benz chairman, or head of marketing, I’d be saying “Guys, we need to finish races”. He led early but dropped back to fourth after a messy pit stop that included a slow change of his rear tire.
Rosberg appeared on course to extend his lead in the championship, but crashed into Hamilton as the Briton attempted to pass his Mercedes team-mate around the outside of turn two. Vettel had started ninth, after a five-slot penalty.
Rosberg is widely expected to sign a new deal with the team he joined in 2010, but discussions are still ongoing.
The incident follows far too closely on from the drama in Spain in May when, having dominated throughout the build-up, the two Silver Arrows drivers collided on the first lap, with both drivers forced to retire.
I didn’t lose that many points today, but for the team it’s really not good.
“Not an easy day for us”.
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“I don’t feel anyone is above or below, regardless of how you live, wealth, religion, whatever it might be”.
