The stewards have deemed Nico Rosberg's aggressive deffensive moves on Hamilton and Alonso were within the rules.
They released statements on both incidents, deeming that they were safe and within the rules that they have set. The incidents were both moved to after the race, obviously so the stewards could review the data. They gave these two statements:
Hamilton Vs Rosberg
'1) The driver of Car 8 commenced his move to the right after the exit from T3 and moved to the right in a constant and continuous straight line manner, not making any sudden movements (as evidenced by telemetry and video evidence) and;
'2) At the time he commenced his move, Car 4 was behind him and no part of his car was alongside Car 8 and;
'3) The driver of Car 8 made the move to the right prior to the driver of Car 4 making the same move and;
'4) For more than half of the distance travelled by Car 8 in moving in a straight line towards the right hand edge of the track, Car 4 remained behind Car 8 and;
'5) Because the delta speed between the two cars was quite significant it was difficult for Car 8 to detect the exact position of Car 4 in relation to his own car;
'6) Had a significant portion of Car 4 been alongside that of Car 8 whilst Car 4 still remained within the confines of the track, then the actions of Car 8 may not have been considered legitimate.'
Alonso Vs Rosberg
'1) The driver of Car 8 commenced his move to the right after the exit from T3 and moved to the right in a constant and continuous straight line manner, not making any sudden movements (as evidenced by telemetry and video evidence) and;
'2) At the time he commenced his move, Car 5 was behind him and no part of his car was alongside Car 8 and;
'3) The driver of Car 8 made the move to the right prior to the driver of Car 5 making the same move and;
'4) For more than half the distance travelled by Car 8 in moving in a straight line towards the right hand edge of the track, Car 5 remained behind Car 8 and;
'5) Because the delta speed between the two cars was quite significant it was difficult for Car 8 to detect the exact position of Car 5 in relation to his own car;
'6) No part of Car 5 was alongside that of Car 8.'
In my view Hamilton and Alnnso were not fully alongside but Rosberg was very aggressive on his sweep across, he made that move too late.
