The driving line (the path the cars take) is important in motor racing, as in other forms of racing, going into the curve taking the proper line to the curve, ‘the apex’ is extremely important in most racing and borderline critical in Formula 1.  In Sunday’s race in Austria a very unusual thing happened near the end of the race where Lewis HAMILTON and Nico ROSBERG, both drivers for the same team, Mercedes AMG, were in a very intense (for Mercedes AMG) and very exciting (for the fans) battle for 1st place in the last 3 to 4 laps of the 2016 Grand Prix of Austria.  In the fight for first place ROSBERG appears to that it’s obvious that he missed the apex, the question at the end of the race was whether or not that was a deliberate attempt to block HAMILTON from taking the lead.  In looking at the replays and the different camera angles ROSBERG’s defensive move does appear to be excessive and deliberate as opposed to a situation with the brakes.  The situation was very reminiscent of when the teammates collided in Spain a few races ago and at the immediate team meeting that followed that incident team leader Niki Lauda made it clear that the cars are not to take each other out snice they are one of the few teams that if the car finishes that chances are that they are om the Podium is extremely high.  So the real awkward situation after the race in an interview ROSBERG said that the reason that he missed the apex on the turn was that his brakes were giving out and he ran long into the turn missing the line to hit the apex properly.  In an interview HAMILTON was pretty much as over it.