Romain Grosjean has escaped without a penalty for his clash with Pedro de la Rosa in qualifying for the Brazilian๊ Grand Prix after ste🍒wards deemed it to be a 'driving incident due to the nature of the track'.

Grosjean hit the rear of the de la Rosa's HRT when the Spaniard moved across to take his line through the final corner just as the Lotus driver tried to make a move up the inside - squeezing the Frꦡenchman towards the wall as a result and leading to contact between the pair.

De la Rosa sustained damage to the rear of his car that left him plum last ꧙on the grid while Grosjean was forced to pit for a new nose and was then unable to get his tyres up to temperature on his next run and qualified down in 18th spot -꧙ falling at the first hurdle in qualifying for the first time.

Although de la Rosa hit out at what he deemed to be a 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:'dangerous manoeuvre' by Grosjean, stewards elected to take no action over the incident; stating that the collision was down in no small part to the nature of the final corner and that both drivers had been made aware of the potential conseque📖nces of such an cl🤪ash.

"The driver of car 22 [de l𝕴a Rosa] felt that he was following his normal line, was aware that car 10🃏 [Grosjean] was behind him and was aware of the speed delta," the missive from the stewards read. "The driver of car 10 believed he had been seen by the driver of car 22 and that car 22 was moving aside to the right to allow him through.

"Accordingly, the Stewards consider this a driving incident due to the nature of the t🐷rack but have advised the drivers, and the drivers agree, that this could have res𒐪ulted in a very serious outcome."