Kamui Kobayashi has escaped punishment for the first corner crash which took out Felipe M🅷assa in the Australian Grand Prix.

The start of the race saw Kobayashi🃏 lock-up in to Turn 1 and break his right front suspension against the rear of Kimi Raikkonen's car before ploughing in to the back o🌜f Massa, leaving both the Caterham and the Williams out of the race.

Kobayashi was the subject of a stewards' investigatio♊n after the race for causing a collision. However, it transpired that his Caterham had suffered a brake failure and he therefore escaped punishment.

The reason given by the stewards 🌱read: "Having heard from the driver and the technical representatives of the team, and especially reviewing the technical data, the Stewards determine that the incident was cause by a serious technical failure completely outside the control of the driver. The team is directed to work with the FIA Technical Delegate in determining the cause of the systems failure."