Lewis Hamilton slammed into Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg on the last lap before passing him to win an exciting Austrian Grand Prix. The German transformed into a corner late as Hamilton attempted to go around the outside and harmed his front wing, completing fourth.
Rosberg was given a 10-second punishment and two permit punishment focuses by stewards for bringing about a crash. It decreases Hamilton’s shortage to Rosberg to 11 focuses in the title race. There will be debate at Mercedes about the move that chose the race. Best on the planet Hamilton was on the outside and nearby heading into Turn Two yet his German team-mate held him out wide, postponing his turn-in, and they crashed as Hamilton attempted to turn in. Lewis Hamilton said, “He made a mistake into Turn One and I had an opportunity to go around the outside in Turn Two. I left a lot of room on the inside and I guess he locked up and crashed into me.”
Rosberg said, “Absolutely gutted. We were battling and I was struggling a little with my brakes. I went a bit deep but that is fine because I am on the inside so I can dictate. So I was surprised Lewis turned in and caused a collision. It’s unbelievable.”
The win will be an alleviation to Hamilton, who may have thought pit mistakes and faulty methodology could cost him.
The best on the planet will likewise need to know how he wound up behind Rosberg in any case, having begun from shaft and drove the initial 21 laps of the race as the second Mercedes battled up from 6th.
Hamilton took a splendid post position in the moist conditions on Saturday, beating Rosberg by more than a large portion of a second and was solid for a win with his team-mate downgraded to 6th on the framework due to a gearbox punishment.
Hamilton drove easily in the early phases of the race as Rosberg battled past Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg and McLaren’s Jenson Button to run third behind Hamilton and Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen by lap 10.
His engineer then chose to get him for his first pit quit, fitting the most strong delicate tires, while Hamilton stayed out on the more delicate ultra-softs at the front.
Despite the fact that Hamilton was effortlessly ready to avoid Raikkonen, this empowered Rosberg to close on Hamilton so he was 21 seconds behind – and in fourth place behind Raikkonen and his team-mate Sebastian Vettel – when Hamilton made his first stop on lap 21.
That ought to have been quite recently enough to guarantee Hamilton held the lead, however he was deferred in the pits by an issue with his left back haggle rejoined behind Rosberg.
