Rosberg: Vettel "threw away" win by pushing too much

Sebastian Vettel threw away a race win after pushing too hard according to former Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg. Vettel crashed out of his home grand prix whilst leading as the expected rain began to fall heavier after the first pit stop phase.

Speaking after the race to Sky F1, Rosberg commented on the crash saying that Vettel should not have been driving as hard as he was when he made his mistake.

“Such a big one – unbelievable!” he said. “He threw it away.

Whilst it was brought up that the conditions at the Sachskurve would have been difficult in the conditions, Rosberg had little sympathy saying that Vettel should have been more cautious in the conditions.

The result means that Vettel has fallen to second in the championship once again, behind Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton with a 17-point gap to the leader.