Hartley sent to hospital after shunt

Brendon Hartley was given the all-clear after being transferred to hospital following his first-lap crash during the Canadian Grand Prix. The under-pressure New Zealander was battling with Williams driver Lance Stroll as the duo went through the Turn 5 right-hand kink. Stroll left room for Hartley on the outside, but the rear end stepped out and as he corrected it sent the car wide and into Hartley. The resulting contact pushed Hartley’s Toro Rosso up against the wall, with the left side being lifted onto the barrier. After dropping off the end of the barrier, the Toro Rosso remained locked to the Williams and both ended up in the wall at Turn 6. Because of the severity of the crash, both drivers were sent to the medical centre, with Hartley dispatched to hospital for two electrocardiogram tests. Both came up normal and Hartley subsequently returned to the track. “I had a good start, similar to the drivers around me, but I got left a bit on the outside of Turn 2, which lost me a position,”said Hartley.“i got a good run on Lance out of Turn 4 on the outside, but he lost the car, which put us both into the wall. It’s very disappointing as there was room to make the overtake.” Stewards investigated the incident but took no action. Although Stroll’s error caused the clash, the collision was a result of the rear stepping out while he was trying to leave room and it was deemed that no driver was wholly or predominantly to blame. “I was side-by-side with Brendon going into Turn 5, the car got loose on me and I corrected it, but there was not much room for both of us,”said Stroll.“by the time I corrected it, we touched and went into the wall.”