Lotus driver Heikki Kovalainen has received an official reprimand from Formula 1 governing body the FIA for his part in a collision with Pedro de la Rosa in the German Grand Prix.
With de la Rosa one car in a train of quicker runners which were lapping the Finn, the Lotus turned in and contacted with the Sauber at the Turn 6 hairpin; the moment resulted in an unscheduled pit-stop for the Spaniard whereas Heikki retired in the garage.
“It was my mistake but I didn’t see the Sauber coming,” Kovalainen acknowledged. “I thought I was letting the Williams past and didn’t see the Sauber, so I closed the door and that was the end of the race. It’s a shame because I was running pretty well until then.”
“I have to say the behaviour of the back markers was a serious problem over the whole race and in the end I crashed into one who had opened the door for Rubens but closed it immediately again,” said a disgruntled de la Rosa.
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