Mercedes executive director Toto Wolff insists the team will not clamp down on Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg’s freedom to race each despite their collision in yesterday’s Spanish Grand Prix.
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‘I had to stay behind Button’ – Alonso
F1 Fanatic Round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: I had to stay behind Button” – Alonso • Ricciardo ‘not bitter at Verstappen’ • Vettel softens stance on Ricciardo
Verstappen stuns F1 by seizing victory chance after Mercedes crash
2016 Spanish Grand Prix review
Posted onThe planets aligned for Max Verstappen at the Circuit de Catalunya and he never faltered as he grabbed his chance to become F1’s youngest race winner.
2016 Spanish Grand Prix lap charts
2016 Spanish Grand Prix
Posted onIt was much closer than usual at the front during the Spanish Grand Prix – and it would have stayed that way had two drivers not opted for a surprising strategy.
2016 Spanish Grand Prix tyre strategies and pit stops
2016 Spanish Grand Prix
Posted onA two-stop strategy was the preferred route home for most of the teams. But not for Daniel Ricciardo and Sebastian Vettel – and it cost them.
2016 Spanish Grand Prix lap times and fastest laps
2016 Spanish Grand Prix
Posted onRed Bull’s victory in the Spanish Grand Prix came despite two other cars in the race setting faster lap times.
Magnussen penalised for clash with team mate
2016 Spanish Grand Prix
Posted onKevin Magnussen has been given a ten-second time penalty for colliding with his team mate on the final lap of the Spanish Grand Prix.
Ricciardo: “We threw the win away”
2016 Spanish Grand Prix
Posted onA disappointed Daniel Ricciardo said a tactical error ruined his chances of victory after leading much of the Spanish Grand Prix.
Breakthrough win “a very special feeling” Verstappen
2016 Spanish Grand Prix
Posted onMax Verstappen described his joy at scoring a breakthrough grand prix victory, and the first for a Dutch driver, in his first race for Red Bull.
Rosberg “very surprised” Hamilton tried to pass on inside
2016 Spanish Grand Prix
Posted onNico Rosberg said he was “very surprised” Lewis Hamilton tried to pass him on the inside when the pair collided at the start of the Spanish Grand Prix.
Stewards rule Hamilton-Rosberg crash was racing incident
2016 Spanish Grand Prix
Posted onThe Spanish Grand Prix stewards have ruled the first-lap collision between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg was a racing incident.
Hamilton: Rosberg was in wrong engine mode
2016 Spanish Grand Prix
Posted onLewis Hamilton has confirmed Nico Rosberg had lost power because he was in a wrong engine mode shortly before the pair collided.
Vote for your 2016 Spanish Grand Prix Driver of the Weekend
2016 Spanish Grand Prix
Posted onWho do you think was the best driver during the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix weekend? Compare how they did and vote for the best.
Max Verstappen becomes youngest F1 race winner on Red Bull debut
2016 Spanish Grand Prix summary
Posted onMax Verstappen grabbed a place in the record books by becoming the youngest driver ever to win an F1 race on his debut as a Red Bull driver in the Spanish Grand Prix.
2016 Spanish Grand Prix championship points
2016 Spanish Grand Prix
Posted onNico Rosberg retains a 43-point lead over Lewis Hamilton after neither driver finished the Spanish Grand Prix. Kimi Raikkonen moves up to second.
2016 Spanish Grand Prix race result
2016 Spanish Grand Prix
Posted onMax Verstappen won the Spanish Grand Prix ahead of the two Ferrari drivers. The Mercedes pair crashed out on the first lap.
Rate the race: 2016 Spanish Grand Prix
2016 Spanish Grand Prix
Posted onWhat did you think of today’s race? Share your verdict on the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix.
Hamilton “miscalculation” caused Rosberg crash – Lauda
2016 Spanish Grand Prix
Posted onA “miscalculation” by Lewis Hamilton caused the first-lap collision between the two Mercedes drivers, according to Niki Lauda.
Hamilton and Rosberg crash: Who was to blame?
2016 Spanish Grand Prix
Posted onMercedes experienced every F1 team’s nightmare outcome in the Spanish Grand Prix as Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton collided at the start. Which was to blame?
Hamilton rubbishes talk of 2017 sabbatical
F1 Fanatic Round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: Hamilton rubbishes sabbatical talk • Alonso: McLaren chassis better than Ferrari • Massa ‘should have got through’ – Symonds