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Just saw an interview with Ricciardo who said he doesn't understand why he was pulled onto a 3 stop strategy while he was comfortably leading the race & controlling the pace. Said a 3 stop strategy was never the plan, never discussed & that it was changed mid-race without explanation & that he now wants answers from the team.

I do believe Red Bull pushed Max to victory and sacrificing Ricciardo in the process.

Takes nothing away from the win though, he did keep Kimi behind and drove a great race.

So if I've understood this information correctly then Rosberg made a mistake ahead of the start by being in the wrong strategy setting, thus losing some power through turn 2/3 meaning Lewis got a run on him, he tried correcting the setting mid-corner and went into defensive driving mode. This puts the whole incident into a completely different light and I'm afraid to say makes Rosberg even more responsible.

I do believe Red Bull pushed Max to victory and sacrificing Ricciardo in the process.

Takes nothing away from the win though, he did keep Kimi behind and drove a great race.

Rosberg is entitled to use whatever setting he wants to. Davidson even corrects himself saying that it was simply a different setting from Hamilton that's all, not necessarily the wrong one. Nevertheless it did rob him of some speed through that corner and I think he realized that would leave him vulnerable to attack going into the next corner. His instinct was correct as we saw Hamilton a split second later going for a gap that was already closing. Based on Davidson's analysis, it's quite evident that Rosberg and Hamilton both went for the same piece of tarmac at the exact same time unfortunately. Yes you can say that Rosberg made an overly defensive move but you can also say that Hamilton made an overly ambitious lunge.

It really all comes down to both drivers anticipating the situation at the exact same time and reacting almost instantaneously to it. Thus a racing incident and I'm happy to see that the stewards did not single out a driver on this incident.

Brundle told him to stop moaning. Well played.

I'd have to disagree there. I'm all for drivers making ballsy overtakes but this one was a bit too ambitious. I know Ricciardo feels like he has to live up to this reputation of being Dan The Man who makes the biggest dive bombs in F1. But if I'm the lead driver there about to turn into a corner and the guy behind me dives in from a mile back, leaving it all up to me to avoid an accident, I'd be rather pissed too.

The stewards’ statement in full:

The incident concerned started when Car 6 dropped into an incorrect power mode, as set by the driver prior to the start. This created a significant power differential between Car 6 and Car 44 at the exit of Turn 3 coming onto the straight, resulting in as much as a 17kph speed difference between the two cars on the straight. Car 6 moved to the right to defend his position, as is his right under Art 27.7 of the Sporting regulations. Simultaneously Car 44 as the significantly faster car with, at that time, apparent space on the inside, moved to make the pass. Art 27.7 requires the leading driver to leave room, if there is a "significant portion" of the car attempting to pass alongside. Car 44 had a portion of his front wing inside Car 6 small fractions of a second prior to Car 44 having to leave the right side of the track to avoid an initial collision, which may have led him to believe he had the right to space on the right. Once on the grass on the side of the track Car 44 was no longer in control of the situation.

Having heard extensively from both drivers and from the team, the Stewards determined that Car 6 had the right to make the maneuver that he did and that Car 44’s attempt to overtake was reasonable, and that the convergence of events led neither driver to be wholly or predominantly at fault, and therefore take no further action.