Sauber F1 team-mates Nasr, Ericsson clear air after US GP collision

Team principal Monisha Kaltenborn was left bitterly unhappy with the incident that occurred at Turn 1 at the start of the second lap, with Nasr breaking his front wing after running into the left-rear tyre of Ericsson.

Kaltenborn made clear that "these kind of things simply must not happen", and she would "definitely have a word with both of them".

With those talks taking place, both drivers insist they have "moved on" and there will be no repeat, albeit with no apologies aired on either side.

Nasr, who recovered to finish ninth, said: "I think it was very simple, it brought us together, something we don't want to happen again and the message is clear.

"If I had to go back there I wouldn't have done the same [move] because I was trusting that Marcus saw me. Later I spoke to him and he said he didn't see me."

Nasr did move up the inside of Ericsson towards Turn 1, albeit at a time when yellow flags were out in that sector.

Despite that, he added: "I told Marcus I was not going to overtake him in that corner because there was a yellow flag.

"If I had overtaken him I would have got a penalty, so the moment I saw that, we were side-by-side on the straight going into Turn 1.

"I just kept my line on the inside, but I never intended to overtake him. He later told me he didn't see me. Anyway, it's something we don't want to see again and that's it."

Ericsson, whose race ended after 25 laps due to a broken connector that caused an electrical failure, is confident the matter has been resolved.

"I spoke to Felipe about it and it's history now," he said.

"Felipe and I have had a good working relationship all year, and that's going to continue.

"It's one of those things that the clash could have been with anybody, yet it just happened to be with my team-mate."

Ericsson, however, did question why his team-mate felt he should have anticipated a move given the yellow flags.

"Because of yellow flags you don't really look in your mirrors, and to me that says it all," he said.

"I didn't look because it was a yellow flag."