Will Stevens says drivers need to show more respect when lapping the Manor cars following a collision with Romain Grosjean in the Canadian Grand Prix.
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Grosjean was lapping Stevens approaching the final chicane, and had moved to the inside to complete the overtake. However, the Lotus driver tried to move back on to the racing line before turning in to the corner, hitting Stevens and damaging both cars.
Grosjean was subsequently given a five second time penalty and two penalty points for the incident, but Stevens says there have been a number of other close calls with numerous drivers this season.
“We are told to stay online and the guy coming past, it’s their job to get by cleanly,” Stevens said. “I had let a load of cars past in that position because it is the best place to do it. I was completely on the white line on the left and he tried to come across on the racing line when I was there.
“There was absolutely nowhere I could go. I don’t know what more I could have done and the fact he got a penalty proves there was nothing I could do.
IMPACT: Grosjean gets his angles wrong and clips Stevens as he passes him. Stewards investigating… #CanadianGP pic.twitter.com/Llaa93WaLY
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“I totally understand, we get blue flags and we need to let the guys past and I feel like I am fair with it, so in return it would also be nice to be fair and give us a car’s width room to turn into the corner because it ruins their race and our race.
“There are a few who do that, they come into the braking zone and they cut in front of you. Once they go in front of you and we lose all our downforce, then we lock fronts and we are close to hitting them.
“It is a situation that we felt would be a problem in the last few races and it needs to be talked about because it will keep happening, what happened [in Canada].
“We give them respect because we have to let them past. If they can’t come past cleanly, then we have a big problem.”
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