Hamilton wants clarity on overtaking

Lewis Hamilton is hoping clarity will prevail this weekend in the wake of Nico Rosberg's contentious Bahrain manoeuvres.

Rosberg was hauled before the stewards after the Bahrain Grand Prix 18 days ago after twice spearing his way across the Sakhir circuit to defend his line. The stewards deemed Rosberg not guilty on both counts, claiming the Mercedes driver legitimately made one defensive move.

Hamilton feels there is a need for further discussion on what unfolded in Bahrain, which will certainly come in Friday's drivers' briefing ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix. And Hamilton said: "Hopefully this weekend we will clarify the rules. Would it have happened if there had been grass or a wall? Probably not. If there had, it would have been an interesting situation."

In one incident Hamilton used the swathe of run-off area to pass Rosberg, whilst at the same point Ferrari's Fernando Alonso found himself pushed wide but unable to find a way by the German.

The McLaren driver said: "Fortunately neither of us got in trouble, neither of us were hurt, and hopefully we will try and rectify the rules to make them clearer so that we won't be in that position again.

"Lots of people have commented on it, but the only two people who know exactly what happened are myself and Nico.

"The footage you have of what occurred is from the front, and it is very difficult to see clearly what happened, whether I was alongside him or not."

Red Bull's Mark Webber has even suggested Hamilton should have been the one penalised for "exceeding track limits" in passing Rosberg, as stipulated in the rules.

Hamilton, however, laughed that off as he said: "Mark's probably the most outspoken driver in Formula One, so that is the least I would expect him to say."

Given Hamilton and Rosberg now live in the same apartment block in Monaco, the former has confirmed speaking to the latter since the race, albeit not about the grand prix itself.