Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff believes Lewis Hamilton played an “instrumental” role in not causing a collision with Charles Leclerc during the Italian Grand Prix. Hamilton took evasive action twice during an intense scrap for the lead of the race with Leclerc, with the Ferrari driver squeezing Hamilton wide at the Della Roggia chicane on Lap 23 before later blocking him through the flat-out Curva Grande. Wolff felt Leclerc’s driving was “maybe over the line” and suggested the stewards’ decision not to penalise him was swayed by the Monza event being Ferrari’s home race. “The racing was very hard, maybe over the line, and Lewis I think was instrumental in not making it...
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