Paul di Resta still annoyed with Nick Heidfeld over German GP collision

During the build-up to the Hungarian Grand Prix, Force India driver di Resta said that his Renault rival has not apologised to him for the incident, despite being given a drive-through penalty for causing it.

When asked if he was disappointed with Heidfeld's refusal to say sorry, di Resta answered: "Yeah, because it [the incident] was pretty blatant. I lost more out of it than he did. He was the one that committed the crime.

"You've got to [apologise when you make a mistake], haven't you? It's only right you do it, but whether they accept it or not is another thing. At least make the effort."

Heidfeld said that the reason he has not apologised is that he does not believe he was at fault for the collision, which happened during the first few seconds of last weekend's German Grand Prix.

He also pointed to a coming together between the pair during in Canada in June, for which he believed di Resta was to blame.

"In Canada people thought he crashed into the back of my car, and rather than apologise, he blamed me," Heidfeld said. "So why should I go and apologise?

"[In Germany] I locked up the front, he turned in front of me, I couldn't do anything any more, and the stewards decided to give me a penalty. You have to live with that.

"It was a racing incident, I'm okay with them penalising me, but no special reason."