As he got pole, it was not a surprise that Hamilton played down the incident. But in their team press conference there was an amusing but spiky exchange when Rosberg, standing at the back, asked Hamilton if he felt he had been blocked. “I think you should probably ask him, I think he’ll have a good opinion on that,” Hamilton replied, to roars of laughter. Rosberg was not amused. “That’s not funny,” he said, shaking his head.