Belgium analysis – the gloves come off in Mercedes title fight

While Daniel Ricciardo was revelling in a third, well deserved win for Red Bull, it was Mercedes drivers Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton who dominated the post-race headlines after their lap-two tussle at Spa-Francorchamps.

Rosberg’s seemingly minor error of judgement had major consequences, costing the team a potential one-two, ending Hamilton’s victory hopes, and ratcheting up the pair’s already tense championship rivalry yet another notch