Nico Rosberg has been thanked by Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton “for being a gentleman”. Lewis Hamilton thanked him for letting and for making him win the Monaco Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton said, “I didn’t expect the points to shift in the way they have” .
Nico Rosberg said, “The feeling I had in the car was more painful [than having to let Hamilton by].
“It was very painful of course but easy to decide to do that.”
There was seen an agreement between the Mercedes team and the drivers that in the event that one of them is off the pace and influencing the other’s possibility of a win, and then he will let him by.
Hamilton won his third world title a year ago yet went into Sunday’s race 43 focuses behind title pioneer Rosberg, who began 2016 with four straight triumphs.
Suffering from different technical problems during the five first races, Lewis Hamilton said, “I’m just focused on enjoying the moment.
“But the past five races have shown anything is possible. I’m conscious mistakes are still being made and we really need to pull together.”
He added: “A swing goes both ways.”
Lewis Hamilton said, “In the past, I would have been annoyed all night and denied myself any enjoyment in the other great things here”.
“But I went out with some friends, had a beer and thought: ‘Let’s see what tomorrow brings.'”
He added: “I came here today thinking I’ve just got to go and do it. It’s not just going to happen. No-one’s going to give it to me. The rain definitely opened a window of opportunity. Once I got past it was hammer time.”
Rosberg said he didn’t comprehend why he was deficient with regards to such a great amount of pace in the wet opening part of the race.
Ricciardo hauled out a 13.1-second lead in seven laps before Rosberg let Hamilton through and the Briton then hauled out 10 seconds in five laps once he was into second place.
Rosberg said, “It was pretty simple – I wasn’t going to be able to fight for the win. They gave me a warning to up my pace and I couldn’t so it was logical and fully understandable.” He said he would investigate the information to check whether he could comprehend what had turned out badly.
