Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg have escaped further punishment after their collision on the first lap of the Spanish GP resulted in both their cars crashing out.
After Rosberg overtook the pole-sitting Hamilton off the line, the pair clashed as world champion Hamilton strove to regain the lead at Turn Four.
Both drivers were summoned to face the stewards after the race but escaped without punishment with their clash adjudged to have been a racing incident.
"He had made a mistake and started in the wrong engine setting," said Hamilton. "Before the race we have to pick which engine setting and there is only one, maximum power, and he hadn't gone to that. So he derated at that point and it meant that he lost about 180 bhp.
"I was catching him and as I was catching he wasn't on the racing line. As a racing driver when you are going 17kph faster you go for the gap."
But Rosberg remained adamant that he had done nothing wrong.
"I was aware of the situation and saw Lewis coming closer, so I went for the usual racing driver action of closing the inside line and closing the door as early as I could. I made it very clear I wasn't going to leave any space on the inside and I was very surprised he went for the gap anyway," the world championship leader told reporters
Mercedes chief Niki Lauda initially described the crash as "unacceptable" and "completely unnecessary".
However, team boss Toto Wolff refused to pin the blame on either driver.
"We talked to both drivers, it is not a clear cut. It is a very difficult situation," Wolff told reporters. "They are both pretty upset. Of course they have their perspective, we need to talk to them again, look at the pictures, look at the data and then avoid this in the future."
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