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Rosberg criticises Hamilton/Bottas for ‘soft, rubbish’ defending

The Red Bull driver was forced to pass the Mercedes pair after making an extra pitstop on his way to claiming a brilliant third victory of the season at Paul Ricard to further extend his championship lead. Verstappen made short work of overtaking Valtteri Bottas for second place, before he dived down the inside of main rival Lewis Hamilton at the Turn 6 chicane on the penultimate lap of the race.  Rosberg, who was on punditry duties for Sky Sports F1 in France, slammed the approach of both Mercedes drivers. The German labelled Bottas’ efforts as “rubbish”, while he called Hamilton’s defence “a bit soft”.  “Valtteri did a rubbish job in defending because he blocked...
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