Hamilton on Rosberg dustup: 'He said he did it on purpose'

Lewis Hamilton has caused a stir by revealing that Nico Rosberg admitted that he could have avoided the controversial contact in Belgium – but didn't to prove a point.

Hamilton said that the conversation occurred in a post-race meeting with Toto Wolff and Paddy Lowe. The news is bound to have further repercussions within the team, and possibly with the FIA. The stewards gave Rosberg the benefit of the doubt and classed it as a racing incident.

“We just had a meeting about it and he basically said he did it on purpose,” said Hamilton. “He said he did it on purpose – he said he could have avoided it. He said 'I did it to prove a point.' He basically said I did it to prove a point. You don't have to just rely on me, go and ask Toto about it and those guys, who were not happy with him as well.”

He continued: “What we're told to do is we have to finish for the team. The team has priority, always. Even if they say we can race, the team has priority, it doesn't mean that we can go out there and crash into each other.

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