Nico Rosberg has been assured his ongoing contract negotiations with Formula One champions Mercedes will not be affected by Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix collision with team mate Lewis Hamilton. “The contract is a long-term decision and isn’t influenced by a race incident,” team boss Toto Wolff told reporters at the Red Bull Ring. He told Reuters no deal had been reached yet and whether Rosberg stayed was up to Mercedes. The German, who has been at Mercedes since 2010 and turned 31 last week, finished fourth while triple world champion Hamilton won to cut Rosberg’s overall lead to 11 points with 12 races remaining. Stewards blamed Rosberg for causing the last lap incident, imposing a meaningless time penalty and reprimand.

Source: Hindustan Times July 04, 2016 07:30 UTC