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Button keeps Canadian win as stewards take no action
Jenson Button will retain his Canadian Grand Prix victory after it was confirmed that he will face no further action from the stewards for his involvement in two separate incidents in the rain-affected race on Sunday.
The former world champion made contact with Lewis Hamilton when his McLaren team mate tried to overtake him on the straight following turn 13 on lap seven, and later when he took the inside line while trying to pass Fernando Alonso.
Both accidents were deemed to be a ‘racing incident’ meaning Button escaped any punishment for his part in them. Both Hamilton and Alonso were eliminated from the race following the accidents.
The stewards’ statement for the Alonso knock, on lap 44, said that the Spaniard’s Ferrari was on an out lap having just pitted. Read the rest of this entry »