lewis Hamilton pushed past Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg on the final lap to win the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday. The two touched and Formula One championship leader Rosberg ended up losing his front wing to drop back to fourth.
"He made a mistake into Turn 1, went wide, I had an opportunity and I got a run into him," Hamilton said. "I left a lot of room, but he locked up and crashed into me. He was in my blind spot, I don't really know what happened."
"I think he made he had a problem with his brakes but I am here to win, that's all," he said.
Max Verstappen in a Red Bull was second and Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari was third.
Hamilton's 46th career victory cut the gap to Rosberg to 11 points.
As Hamilton took the checkered flag, Marcedes told him over the radio: "Not the race we were after, but good work."
Mercedes had been hoping for a 1-2 finish. Team chief Toto Wolff banged his fist when his saw a replay of the incident.
Hamilton was later booed when he climbed on to the podium.
Rosberg had won the last two Austrian GPs and started from sixth on the grid after a penalty.
Hamilton's third win of the season was also the first race he won from pole. He led early but dropped back to fourth after a messy pit stop and a slow change of his rear tire.
Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari saw his right rear tire explode as he was leading the race in the 27th lap, allowing Rosberg to hit the front after the safety car phase.
Force India disappoint
Nico Hulkenberg squandered his best start of the season to finish 19th while Sergio Perez moved in and out of top-10 before finally settling for 17th place in the Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix.
After the high of podium-place finish for Perez in the previous race in Baku, Force India had a lot to look forward to when Hulkenberg secured a front row start for today's race.
However the German struggled with the tyres of his car throughout the 72-lap race. He retired his car in the 65th lap.
Perez was in points reckoning till the very end but he ended up being in the gravel as the team returned without points after manging three consecutive double-points finishes.