NICO ROSBERG COMPARES FERRARI’S CLASHES TO HIS OWN MERCEDES F1 RIVALRY: “THE INSTRUCTIONS ARE NOT CLEAR ENOUGH”

Nico Rosberg says Ferrari's team orders aren't clear enough, and the Hamilton-Leclerc collisions prove it. The 2016 champion knows the dynamic well — he and Hamilton clashed three times as Mercedes teammates, twice losing victories. But Mercedes had sharper guardrails. When a win was on the line, you drove for the team. Monaco 2016: Rosberg's visor fogged, pace dropped, he waved Hamilton through without argument because the directive was explicit.

Ferrari's got no such clarity. Hamilton hit the gravel at Monza, both drivers went off battling at Mexico and handed Verstappen the win, and Fred Vasseur fumed afterward. Rosberg points out Mercedes eventually made the drivers split repair costs — $360,000 out of his pocket once — and that Niki Lauda mediated by getting both to own a piece of every incident. Ferrari's running two killers without a rulebook. That works until it doesn't, and it already hasn't twice.