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Rosberg owns up to engine mode mistake in Spain

Nico Rosberg had admitted that it was his mistake not to put his engine into the right setting at the start of the Spanish Grand Prix, ahead of his collision with Lewis Hamilton. The trigger for the opening lap clash between the Mercedes teammates was that as a result of being in the wrong mode, Rosberg slowed dramatically coming out of Turn 3 after his engine started harvesting power, allowing Hamilton to get a run on him. In the immediate aftermath of the incident, Rosberg was not sure why the engine had been in the wrong Strat mode, but now he says it was clear that he had failed to change it in to the right setting once he was on the grid. "It was in the wrong position, and it was...
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