Hamilton And Rosberg Just Smashed Into Each Other At The Spanish GP

Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg were battling for the lead on lap one of the Spanish Grand Prix when the two collided and smashed out of the race

Jack Leslie

Updated: 15 May 2016

Via MyNameIsJonny_/Reddit

The crash between the 2 Mercedes - #SpanisGp #Hamilton #Rosbergpic.twitter.com/Bappvke3Il;— gianludale27

Both Mercedes cars out of the #SpanishGP after Lewis Hamilton collides with Nico Rosberghttps://vine.co/v/i0WEiVJbFgP;— telegraphsport

It looks like Nico Rosberg was trying to cover the inside on the run to Turn 4, as Lewis Hamilton quickly closed in. But as the triple world champion tried to move alongside, Rosberg kept on pulling to the right, with Hamilton going onto the grass. From there, he was simply a passenger, spinning and crashing into his team-mate. Not what Mercedes wants, but it mixes the race up nicely for us.

What do you make of the crash? Let us know in the comments!

Comments

Well, Hamilton did break Rosberg’s win streak.

They messed up bad

I was going to turn the race on and go back to sleep for a little bit. But that woke me right up. I couldn’t ask for a better start to the race.

Safety car is the only mercedes on track

Nico pushed him out, simple. He is the inferior wheel to wheel driver, remember Belgium last year?

Red Bull now they’re 1&2 be like

Rosberg be like :

IMO it was Hamilton’s fault. When Hamilton tried to overtake Rosberg, Rosberg was already moving to the right hand side of the track. It’s not like Rosberg only moved towards the right after Hamilton started the overtaking maneuvre. Hamilton tried to go for a gap that barely existed in first place and that was already about to be closed at the point of starting his overtaking maneuvre.
But then again, I’m not a referee. Let’s see how they decide when the race is over.