Commissioners will not take action against Hamilton

The commissioners in the race for the Spanish Grand Prix have decided not to take action in the collision between Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton, as it is said to be a racing accident. The Mercedes racers collided in the fourth turn of the first lap of the race after Hamilton was 17km / h faster than Rosberg. He tried to defend the attack, but Hamilton did not give up and drove to the grass, where he was spun. The spinning Briton swept Rosberg off the track.

It later turned out that Rosberg was driving at 180 horsepower less than Hamilton at the time of the collision, as he was supposed to have chosen the wrong engine settings before the start.

Hamilton said after questioning before the commissioners: “As we drove through the third turn, his engine lost power. He made a mistake as he started the race with the wrong engine settings. Before the race we have to choose which engine setting we will start the race with and only one gives you the maximum power, which he did not choose. He was driving with settings for a safety car or something, so the engine started storing energy in the batteries instead of using all the power to power it. That means he lost about 180 horsepower, so I caught up with him. When I caught it he wasn’t driving along the race line, but he was slightly shifted to the right, but the space on the left was much less than on the right, so I drove to the right. I saw space there and as a racer, when you see space and you are 17km / h faster, you drive into that space and I did. I drove the front wheel and wings towards his car, and then I had to try to avoid a collision. ”

Rosberg, however, responded to the Briton’s statement: “I knew what position I was in and I saw Lewis approaching, so I acted like any racer would and drove inwards, thus closing the way. By doing so, I made it clear that I wasn’t going to leave room on the inside and I was surprised to see that he tried anyway. The Commissioners have now decided that it was a racing accident and I will accept that, but I am generally very disappointed. I lost the victory, our team lost the victory, so I am very disappointed on behalf of my colleagues. "

The German, who remains in the lead of the championship, also confirmed the wrong settings of the engine: “Undoubtedly, because I had much less power. We will have to review why this happened. ”