article_snippet.sent: What we may be witnessing in these opening jousts of Last season is the mental disintegration of Nico Rosberg as a racing driver.
article_snippet.sent: His reaction to losing to Lewis Hamilton – blaming the Brit for slowing down and bunching His up as the attacking Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel closed on His – told we more about His own state of mind than it offered fair criticism of Lewis Hamilton.
article_snippet.sent: Nico Rosberg was, I thought, disgruntled by Nico Rosberg failure to match Nico Rosberg team-mate during a run of eight wins in the last 10 races.
article_snippet.sent: In those emotionally charged minutes after the Chinese Grand Prix nothing seemed to make sense to Nico Rosberg, rational thought was fuzzy and Lewis Hamilton appeared in Nico Rosberg mind as a blurry figure of hate.
article_snippet.sent: Nico Rosberg looks less than impressed after finishing second to Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton .
article_snippet.sent: The German driver blamed Lewis Hamilton for slowing down and bunching Lewis Hamilton up as Sebastian Vettel closed in .
article_snippet.sent: It was all the more remarkable given that Nico Rosberg was for so much of last season the ultimate expression of focus, coolness, intelligence and calculation.
article_snippet.sent: There was no chink in Nico Rosberg
article_snippet.sent: That changed in the aftermath of Spa last August, when Nico Rosberg was punished by the team (Nico Rosberg was made to pay for the damage caused rather than fined as such, contrary to everyone
article_snippet.sent: ’s interpretation at the time) for Nico Rosberg part in an early crash with Lewis Hamilton.
article_snippet.sent: Nico Rosberg's attitude seems to have changed in the aftermath of Nico Rosberg crash with Lewis Hamilton in Spa last August .
article_snippet.sent: It was my view then and remains so that Nico Rosberg was marginally more to blame for the collision, but that it was no more than a racing incident.
article_snippet.sent: Yet, Mercedes made Nico Rosberg a very public scapegoat, denting Nico Rosberg confidence at a crucial moment in the season.
article_snippet.sent: That must eat at Rosberg’s heart.
highlights_snippet.sent: Are we seeing a mental disintegration of Nico Rosberg as a racing driver?
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Nico Rosberg was the epitome of focus, intelligence and calculation .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Since Nico Rosberg Spa collision with Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton composure has diminished .
  