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Wolff: Rosberg felt ‘he needed to make a point’

Toto Wolff says Nico Rosberg “didn't give in” during the fight with Lewis Hamilton which ended in contact because “he needed to make a point”. Hamilton claimed Rosberg had admitted in a post-race meeting that he allowed contact to happen on purpose “to prove a point”, with Hamilton suffering a puncture in the collision and losing 18 points to his team-mate as a result. While Wolff doesn't believe Rosberg deliberately caused the crash he verified Hamilton's comments that Rosberg had not been willing to avoid the incident. "Nico felt he needed to hold his line,” Wolff said. “He needed to make a point, and for Lewis, it was clearly not him who needed to be aware of Nico....
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