Hamilton And Rosberg's Last Lap Crash Was The Most Stupid Thing In Recent F1 Times

The Austrian Grand Prix ended in stupidity with Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg crashing into each other while battling it out for the lead on the final lap

Hamilton went on to win the race after the contact, while Rosberg fell to fourth place. The Mercedes duo were separated by just a few tenths in the closing stages, with Hamilton trying a pass around the outside at Turn 2 on the final lap.

Rosberg had a poor exit from Turn 1 but left a lot of space on the inside. He appeared to brake too late and turned in late, colliding with Hamilton. The German’s front wing was damaged and went under the car, causing him to lose positions.

The Mercedes team bosses were understandably furious. Rosberg claimed he had brake issues and said that Hamilton turned in on him, but looking back at the footage, we’re not so sure!

Max Verstappen and Kimi Raikkonen moved ahead to second and third, with Rosberg finishing fourth, while Daniel Ricciardo crossed the line in fifth with Jenson Button behind him in sixth. The British driver qualified third and held second early on before losing ground in the pitstops.

Both the collision and Rosberg continuing with a damaged car are under investigation by the stewards.

Sebastian Vettel failed to finish after a dramatic tyre failure on his Ferrari, which pitched him into the inside barrier on the main straight.

Update:

Rosberg was handed a 10-second time penalty for the contact with Hamilton, but he retains fourth place. He was also given a reprimand and two penalty points on his license for driving his damaged car to the finish line.

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Comments

Ross Beaton

Hamilton was on the edge of tracks limits meanwhile there was room for 2, if not 3, cars on the inside of Rosberg. I don’t who you’re a fan of more, fault is clearly on Rosberg for this one.

07/03/2016 - 15:57 |
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Anonymous

We’ve all done that move on forza or GT, someone is outside of you and faster so you just kinda run too far into the corner and make contact, keeping your advantage

07/03/2016 - 15:58 |
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Anonymous

Nico was at fault, greeeeat race tho

07/03/2016 - 15:59 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

thats a very different thing

07/04/2016 - 11:56 |
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sophie f1 fan

would bashing their head together stop all this stupidity??

07/03/2016 - 16:02 |
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Jakob

IMO it was Rosberg’s fault. Hamilton was in the lead, so he had the right to freely choose his racing line, and the driver behind has to drive in a way to avoid any crashes. Kind of like the start of Spain this year, only this time it’s the other way around.

07/03/2016 - 16:12 |
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Anonymous

This is worse than? That stupid qualifiyng system and all those Kvyat crashes and even worse than their crash in Spain? Are you serius?….

07/03/2016 - 16:14 |
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Juha Arkkukangas

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

That’s how you get attention to your posts ;)

07/03/2016 - 17:36 |
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Anonymous

Its racing, stuff happens right?

07/03/2016 - 16:36 |
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Anonymous

Also why does it matter since everyone favorite racer won anyway

07/03/2016 - 16:38 |
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Martins Skulte

but Wehrlein scored points. WOT 0-0

07/03/2016 - 16:40 |
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