2016 Abu Dhabi - Post-Race: 'We'll have to wait for the dust to settle' - Wolff

[mike]

Toto on Lewis : "He decides to follow Christian Horner's instructions, and backs it off. Maybe he should drive for him!" Ouch!

[blakebarone]

Max has made Toto age 15 years this year.

[TheMrJourneyer]

Mercedes didn’t know it yet, but Nico would retire from the sport in the morning.

[Gamachy]

At the end of that day, Nico Rosberg defeated Lewis Hamilton, Daniel Ricciardo, and Max Verstappen. It was three drivers out there trying to defeat Rosberg.

[NorfolkEnchants]

Oh come on, I am a Nico fan but I don't see anything wrong with what Lewis did yesterday. Had Lewis pushed him off track and into a wall then yeah, I would be saying it was unfair but as it is, Lewis did what he had to do. If he had sailed off down the road, Nico would have had a comfortable second place and Lewis's only hope would be if Nico had a mechanical issue, made a mistake and crashed or hope that two cars were able to attack him. Having seen how quickly Nico got away from Max when he passed him had Lewis been off in the distance, there'd have been no threat from anyone behind him.

Nico has made mistakes before under pressure and Lewis put him under the most enormous pressure on Sunday in the hopes that he would crack but he didn't. He overtook Max because it was critical that he did not get stuck behind him but Nico was never going to attack Lewis, even though I was willing him on to overtake I think Nico felt like he could not 100 percent trust that Lewis wouldn't try some dodgy move to push him off the track and he could not risk going for an overtake on Lewis, making a mistake and then having Vettel and Max slip through so I totally understand why he just sat behind Lewis and didn't risk a move.

And to be honest, I think Seb DID have the pace to overtake Nico in those final two laps but held back. Seb could see what Lewis was trying to do and I just think he did not want to play any part in it. You could argue that he should have attacked and gone on for the win but it was clear that if Seb had got past Nico, Lewis could have just put his foot down and dragged Seb along with him to take any DRS away from Nico which would have left him vulnerable to an attack from Verstappen and a potential 4th place finish which would have given the championship to Lewis. Lewis had more than enough left in the tank to fend off Seb and hold on for the win.

And after the race in the press conference between Nico, Lewis and Seb I got the impression that Seb really was not happy with Lewis. I say that because Lewis made some very snide remarks and talked a lot about his reliability woes and the fact he got new mechanics. The conference was over for the three of them when Seb jumped in to say that Nico should be treated with respect and that no one should be calling him an undeserving champion, possibly Seb did that because he knows how it feels to have your ability and worthiness as a champion questioned.

I have no issue with what Lewis did in the race yesterday but he did himself no favours with how he acted afterwards.

[maximme]

Mercedes already won the championship
so LET DRIVERS compete
THIS is formula 1 RACE

[TheIansp]

Great to see husband and wife together

[mohammedgt]

Niki and Toto have such great characters. The interviewers were basically pushing them to throw Lewis under the bus and they held their positions. They held firm and wouldn't give an opinion until they got the entire picture from Lewis.

[jazzy]

D Coulthard can be creepy sometimes: "you can kiss you know"?

[FrontSideBus]

Eddie, Mark and David... what a team!

[georgepapous]

When Niki says the first championship is the biggest towards the end of the video and mark kinda laughs you can see and feel his pain 🥲

[IRISHBUTCHER]

Wow Eddie is a lot shorter than I ever thought. Love him

[thegreenskeep]

HA! The nerve of Niki to insinuate that Lewis may have had mechanical issues. What an interesting character he is.

[ProjUltraZ]

NIki is so smart. im in awe again. now im going to search for senna giving berger the victory in the last race of the season

[hamlettelmah]

What dust to settle, you guys screwed Lewis out of his fourth title. On top of that why the fuck would the team try to get in-between the two by telling Lewis he needs to pick up the pace when before the Brazilian GP Jos Verstappen was called and asked to have a talk with his son to tell him not to get in-between the drivers title run.

[RealAadilFarooqui]

The 2021 Abu Dhabi was all over 2016 Abu Dhabi for Lewis again

[visionhunter]

This is not racing but politic..pure and simple! Lewis is definitely the best out there...

[Elliot_Z]

Two different networks, same Horner reference with, "Maybe he should drive for him!" Interesting. Lewis did what every driver would do. On another note, Wolff is the consummate corporate stooge. Completely scripted answers. So boring. He's certainly taking a LOT of veiled shots at Lewis.

[atislav]

also if you do summary of all overtakes and lost postitions(grid position vs race result position) then Hamilton gained 45 position and Rosberg lost 9 positions.

[charlesesogenwune]

Mercedes people is fake the spoil hamilton car so that rosberg we win the championship