The pair were squabbling over last place at the end of today’s wet weather-affected 300-kilometre race when, after crossing taking the chequered flag, they made contact at Turn 1.
A somewhat heated exchange between the pair in the sand trap followed after Hazelwood ran over to Winterbottom’s car to apologise and explain what had happened.
Recounting the incident to Motorsport.com, Hazelwood said his car aquaplaned on a puddle on the left-hand side of the front straight, where he was trying to drag race Winterbottom to the line.
“On the final lap I came out of the final corner. He got really crossed up on the yellow line and I had a good run and overlap,” he said.
“We went across the start/finish line side-by-side and Frosty squeezed me all the way to the left-hand wall, which was fine. I’ve got no problem with racing hard.
“But when I got to the inside part of the circuit the car took off on me and aquaplaned. I was a passenger from the start/finish line all the way to…
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