The Singapore Grand Prix stewards have chosen to take no further action against the drivers involved in an opening lap crash during Sunday's race, concluding that no driver was "wholly or predominantly to blame".
Sebastian Vettel, Max Verstappen and Kimi Raikkonen all retired from the race on the opening lap when the trio were involved in a three-way collision off the line.
The stewards, having heard from each driver, have chosen to take no action as no single driver was to blame.
"The Stewards examined video evidence and heard from Sebastian Vettel, the driver of Car 5, Kimi Raikkonen, the driver of Car 7, Max Verstappen, the driver of Car 33 and the team representatives," a statement read.
"Driver of Car 7 [Raikkonen] had a very good start and was able to attempt overtaking of Car 33 [Verstappen] on the left hand side. At the same time, Car 5 [Vettel] which had a slower start, moved to the left hand side of the track; Car 33 and Car 7 then collided resulting in a chain collision with Car 5 and ultimately Car 14 [Fernando Alonso] at the next turn. Cars 7, 5 and 33 had to retire immediately as a result of the incident; and Car 14 retired some laps thereafter.
"The Stewards consider that no driver was found to have been wholly or predominantly to blame for the incident and will therefore take no further action."
The crash enabled Lewis Hamilton to take victory and open up a 28-point advantage over Vettel in the standings.
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