Abt Schaeffler driver Lucas di Grassi was penalised for his collision with Sebastien Buemi in the final race of the season at Battersea Park, London.
The stewards found di Grassi guilty of causing the collision on the first lap between himself and Buemi. It left the Drivers’ Championship to be decided in a qualifying-like scenario as both drivers tried to take the fastest lap to get the two points needed for the title. Buemi got the fastest lap near the end of the race.
For causing the collision Di Grassi was handed a drive-through penalty, which was converted into a 50 second time penalty and added on to his race result.
“I had a very good start, I knew I had to be aggressive against Prost if I had any chance to fight Seb for the next 33 laps,” Di Grassi said to Autosport following the conclusion of the race. “I knew if I was behind Prost it would be a struggle.”
“I was very aggressive with him, we ended up touching a little bit, Seb braked almost 50 metres too early compared to me and Nico and when I realised I locked my wheels and had an incident.
“That’s not how the first corner should have been, but with these conditions, cold tyres and cold brakes, I had to be aggressive and that’s what happened.”
