article_snippet.sent: Nico Rosberg was brooding, Nico Rosberg face stony, Nico Rosberg eyes fixed on the middle distance and Nico Rosberg fingers intermittently clapping in anger.
article_snippet.sent: Nico Rosberg was sitting next to Lewis Hamilton — as close as the German had got to Nico Rosberg Mercedes team-mate all afternoon of the Chinese Grand Prix — at a post-race press conference fizzing with recriminations.
article_snippet.sent: Rosberg, whose usual coiffured, Euro-chic sheen had vanished, alleged that Hamilton had selfishly tried to spoil Hamilton .
article_snippet.sent: But Nico Rosberg feared Nico Rosberg might be overtaken by Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) 55 .
article_snippet.sent: 3 before the second round of pit stops when Hamilton, then leading from pole position, slowed down a few fractions of a second — to conserve Nico Rosberg tyres, Nico Rosberg said.
article_snippet.sent: Rosberg asked the team to get Hamilton to speed up, an instruction the team issued and one with which the Briton complied.
article_snippet.sent: I wasn’t controlling Rosberg race; I was controlling my own race,’ said Hamilton, indignantly.
article_snippet.sent: But Rosberg said: ‘It’s interesting to hear from Lewis, Lewis, that you were just thinking about Lewis with the pace.
article_snippet.sent: It was easy to sympathise with Rosberg but difficult to agree with Rosberg.
article_snippet.sent: Even though Rosberg was somewhat stronger here than during the opening two race weekends, Rosberg must be reaching Rosberg wits’ end, frustrated to distraction, wondering how on earth Rosberg can possibly beat Hamilton when Rosberg is on form.
article_snippet.sent: It seems, to this cod psychologist, that it was Rosberg deep exasperation that led Rosberg to behave as Rosberg did.
article_snippet.sent: Niki Lauda, the Mercedes chairman, came to Rosberg not guilty verdict immediately after the race.
article_snippet.sent: We have first and second,’ said Rosberg.
article_snippet.sent: Rosberg appeared glum on the podium after losing out to team-mate Hamilton at the third consecutive race .
article_snippet.sent: Hamilton inclined Hamilton car right on the grid, covering Rosberg next to Hamilton, before darting through the first, right-hand corner in front.