I don’t think so. Compared with the masters – Senna and Schumacher, backing up a bit to help those behind Rosberg gain advantage and so place him further down the finishing positions is tame.

Remember that time when Jacques Villeneuve laid into Michael Schumacher for a succession of what he perceived to be dirty tricks and deliberately lying to his fans and fellow drivers? Let’s also not forget 1994 where Schumacher collided controversially with Damon Hill. When Senna took Prost out at Suzuka in 1990, he said he was going to do it before the race.

So please. Put it into perspective and drop the sensational headlines…