Why crowd booing at spa

With those comments, which according to the BBC's Jennie Gow were verified by the Mercedes team, Hamilton has done a tremendous job of using the boo-boys to his full advantage. This wasn't just the revealing of details from a post-race debrief—it was issuing propaganda, inviting fans to take sides, plant their flags and set up camp for the remaining seven races and beyond.

A vote for Hamilton is a vote for clean, spirited racing; a vote for Rosberg is a vote for unashamed deviance. Rosberg and Hamilton were always known to have alternative styles of racing—but this development almost made it, regardless of what the former said, become a case of differing principles.

Formula One, like most sports, is at its best when its competitors are evenly-matched, fighting head-to-head for victory at the very top. The sheer dominance of the Mercedes team over the rest of the field means the inter-team battle between Rosberg and Hamilton, the two title protagonists, has been the only thing for fans to cling on to in in terms of true, intense competition.

And at the very moment that Rosberg's clumsily-placed front wing deflated Hamilton's rear-left tyre at Les Combes, that sense of competition—and the prospect of a repeat of the mouthwatering battles which defined April's Bahrain Grand Prix—was lost. From that perspective, Rosberg deserved to be booed on Sunday afternoon—and after Hamilton's unhelpful claims, it's something he'll have to very quickly get used to. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience.

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