Lewis Hamilton ‘slammed door’ of FIA stewards’ room after 2016 'mistake' surfaces

The crashed Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton following a collision with Nico Rosberg at the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix.

Approaching Turn 4, Hamilton attempted to use his greater momentum to slingshot past Rosberg but, with the German closing the door, ended up on the grass. Losing control, the two cars collided and ended up in the gravel., Chairman of the FIA stewards Tim Mayer appeared alongside host Tom Clarkson to reflect on the US Grand Prix weekend and shed some light on how the stewards operate.

“My biggest mistake ever as a steward was in 2016 – Hamilton and Rosberg started the race in Barcelona and they crashed,” he explained.“But Lewis says to me, ‘Well, what was I supposed to do?’ As a steward, somebody who’s never driven an F1 car, I started to tell him what I thought he ought to have done.

“With these cars, that create most of their downforce with the underfloor, you have to have some way of stopping them from just absolutely sending the car right down to the ground,” he said.

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