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Originally Posted by SenorFunkyPants
He didn't actually retire, he was shuffled out so that Niki and Toto could take full control.
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too bad he "was retired"
is that better phrasing?
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Just found this excerpt:
But former driver and regular F1 steward Derek Warwick told British radio that even though Rosberg's driving was "silly", it is "an internal problem" for Mercedes rather than "a problem for the FIA or the stewards".
And an FIA spokesman told the Daily Mail: "The FIA will not intervene in this issue.
"Only a 'new element' that would have appeared after the results became final could justify us opening an investigation. A comment alleged to have been made in an internal briefing and later denied by the team itself does not constitute such a 'new element'," he official added.
What is clear is that what was left of the tattered relationship between Rosberg and Hamilton is now probably irreparable.
Asked if the pair can be civil for the rest of the 2014 battle, Mercedes team chairman Niki Lauda told Welt newspaper: "When I think of how the meeting went on Sunday, I doubt it.
"But this is precisely the task of the leadership team now -- to establish this relationship again."
Whatever the outcome, Bernie Ecclestone is happy.
"What it has done is created a lot of interest," he told the Indian news source PTI. "That is very good for the sport."