The FIA has confirmed that there will be no investigation into the Nico Rosberg-Lewis Hamilton collision at the Belgian Grand Prix.

The accident occured on Lap 2 of the Belgian Grand Prix as Rosberg clipped the rear of Hamilton’s Mercedes when the two rounded Les Combes. Hamilton sustained a puncture and ultimately retired from the race after struggling to make any progress through the field.

The Spa-Francorchamps race stewards decided not to investigate the collision at the time, classifying it as a racing incident. However, talk emerged that the FIA may well take action against Rosberg after Hamilton claimed that during a post-race team meeting, Rosberg admitted to deliberately crashing into him.

“He said he did it on purpose, he said he could have avoided it. He said ‘I did it to prove a point,” Hamilton said.

The FIA has however confirmed that they will not intervene in the issue and that there will be no further investigation into the incident unless any “new element” was officially submitted that could justify opening an investigation.

FIA communications boss Pierre Regent confirmed, “The FIA will not intervene in this issue. Only a ‘new element’ that would have appeared after the results became final could justify us opening an investigation. A comment alleged to have been made in an internal briefing and later denied by the team itself does not constitute such a ‘new element’.”

Naturally, Mercedes are not going to submit any application to launch an investigation into an incident involving the two team mates, so the matter is considered a closed case.

Video: Nico Rosberg’s Post-race reaction
Video: Lewis Hamilton’s Post-race reaction

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