GPI 2016 Spanish Grand Prix Edition | Page 104

TALKING POINT LEWIS TOOK THE BLAME “I respect two drivers (Stewart and Lauda) with six world championships between them,” added Wurz, the increasingly high-profile chief of the F1 drivers’ union. “By contrast, Jacques Villeneuve, another world champion, thought it was Nico’s fault for closing the door on Lewis so aggressively, which shows how difficult it all is,” he added. “But I believe it was a racing incident and the race stewards agreed with that assessment,” Wurz told The Times newspaper. “They (Hamilton and Rosberg) made a misjudgement over what was happening.”