LEWIS HAMILTON was labelled “f***ing dangerous” by an F1 rival as a row erupted over tight corners at the Saudi GP.
investigated the near miss in practice as ace Alex Albon took evasive action to avoid hitting ‘s seven-time world champion.
Albon was heard furiously blasting the legendon his team radio on .
Some of the circuit's corners were called “so blind” by commentators.
And the most frightening moment came on the approach to turn nine.
London-born Albon roared round the bend at high corner and was suddenly confrontedby ‘s Ferrari drastically slowing down on the inside turn.
The 29-year-old had to lurch his steering wheel back to the right at the last split-second to avoid hitting the legend.
“F***ing dangerous” was just part of Albon's assessment of the situation.
Stewardslooked at the incident but decided Brit Hamilton should not be punished.
And in a statement they said Albon too had changed his initial opinion.
Stewards ruled that Hamilton had got in his fellow racer's way, but not created a hazard.
The statement said: “As agreed with the teams, unless the impeding during free practice was such that it could be regarded as dangerous, there will be no penalty for such impeding.
‘During the hearing, the driver of Car 23 (Albon) felt that he had the car under control at all times and while he was impeded, he did not consider the situation to be dangerous.
“He had seen Car 44 (Hamilton) in front of him during the corner before.
“He did not expect Car 44 to be in the position on track he was in and that shocked the driver of Car 23 as he approached Turn 17 and had to take evasive action.
“While his immediate reaction when the incident occurred was to say that it was dangerous, having looked at it subsequently, he agreed that it was not. We accordingly took no further action.”
The probe came after Hamilton could only finish 13th in a second practice session that proved far from smooth.
Williams team principal James Vowles is worried more cars could be blocked in similar fashion over the weekend.
But he accepted the problem caused by 40-year-old Hamilton's manoeuvre was not “intentional”.
Vowles told Sky Sports F1: “There's certain portions of the track, it's mainly between Turn 5 all the way to Turn 8, where you're blind, you're fully loaded on the car, and there's not a lot you can do any more
“You can lift off, that's about as much as you can do. You certainly can't brake. And that's really what caused it.
“It's not intentional from Ferrari, but let's try and be stronger on it because we don't want an accident.”
The saga came asHamilton finished his disappointingsecond practice in 13th place.
