Yep he got off lightly and does need to calm down his outbursts it's not good for the image of the sport

Brazil this weekend and a familiar situation so far - Hamilton doing everything he can do (1st on the grid), and Rosberg doing all he needs to do (starting 2nd).

what a race once it got going after red flags Verstappen is a mad one but how he drove last few laps in that weather was amazing glad Hamilton won and doing what he needs but Rosberg is doing as he needs too

Good mixed up race, rain always adds fun !!! Was Looking for a nice wipeout move on Rosberg by someone

It was a great race all round, even if it seemed to go on forever!! Superb driving from Hamilton and Verstappen, just a shame that Red Bulls odd decision to pit him for intermediates cost him second. Not sure I agree with some commentators views that he would have won the race if he'd stayed out - Hamilton was pulling away from him when he pitted, but Verstappen in turn was leaving Rosberg behind. In any case, it's all still set up for a final race shootout and youi never know what might happen.

Final race showdown in Abu Dhabi tomorrow. As in the last few races, Hamilton once again doing everything he can by getting on pole, but Rosberg crucially got 2nd on the grid. A pity that Verstappen is so far down the grid in 6th - short of an engine failure for Rosberg, the best chance for Hamilton I thought was for young Max to be putting pressure on Rosberg.

another 10 laps would have made for good TV today !

Amazing debut from the Haas team, 6th is incredible.

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didn't see that coming Rosberg has jacked it in with immediate effect.

It was getting tight at the end there! Like Toto, I can understand it both ways. Yes I understand that you have to work together as a team, but at the same time he was fighting for a championship and felt he had to do whatever he had to do to try and win. Yes, it would have perhaps have been more classy to have sailed off into the distance, which I felt he had the pace to do and set a marker for next season, not just by winning but with the margin (much as Rosberg did at the tail ejnd of last year!). At the same time, the very best drivers all do whatever it takes to try and win - think back to Prost, Senna, Schumacher. I had a wry smile when Vettel implied that he hadn't overtaken because he felt that Hamilton was wrong to ignore team orders. How many time when he was winning with Red Bull did he ignore instructions to help Mark Webber out, and just ignored them to concentrate on himself?

Looking back on the season as a whole, I think Rosberg is a worthy champion, even if he did have his fair share of luck throughout. Toto Wolff said that he felt that the Malaysia engine blow up cost Hamilton, and in simplistic terms it did - mathematically an extra net 28 points turnaround would have won him the title. But it's difficult to know whether Rosberg would have been going as much safety first in those last four races as he did, or if Hamilton would have ben as relaxed knowing he'd nothing to lose. Where I think Hamilton truely lost the championship was the race after Malaysia in Japan, where it was still entirely within his own hand at that time. He got involves in a needless off track row with the media, which distracted him, and ultimately cost him the race and put the championship battle in Rosberg's hands from then on.

Overall, it has been a decent season, with action right to the end.

It was a bit of a shock when I saw the news Steve, total bolt out the blue. Having said that, the more I think about it, the more sense it kind of makes. He's a family man now, and he talked in his interview abiout how his famnily had made sacrifices this year. We all know how upset he was when Hamilton won the title so early on in 2015, and he probably feels he's nothing left to prove now. Also, with up and coming drivers like Verstappen and Ricciardo, Hmailton back on form towards the end of the season, the rule changes maybe meaning that Mercedes won't have it all their own way next year, it's maybe time to go out on a high. He would be getting well paid to carry on, but you can only have so much money!

Be interesting to see who Mercedes hire. Most of the best drivers are already firmly tied, so Wehrlein might get an early promotion, meaning Hamilton would be firmly a number one for the first time since Kovaleinen partnered him at McLaren in 2008-09.

Toto Wolff has confirmed that Mercedes won't be taking any action against Hamilton, and in fact they think in hindsight they made the wrong decision to make the messages over the radio that they did:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/38265635

A sensible decision overall that should darw a line under the matter.

They have to be allowed to race and when such a big things at stake and you winning is not enough it's inevitable if you can see a sniff of opitunity your going to try, at the end of the day they both wanted that championship