No penalty for James Courtney after Simona De Silvestro incident

The Supercars stewards have decided to not penalise James Courtney for the incident in the second race of the Clipsal 500 weekend where he turned Simona De Silvestro into a spin.

The Nissan Motorsport driver was heading into the pits when Courtney was coming up fast from behind.

“I was trying to pass Simona and she didn’t have her blinker on,” said Courtney to supercars.com.

“I didn’t know she was coming into the pits and I was up the inside. That’s racing. I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to hit her, but we’re all racing hard.”

The Walkinshaw Racing driver finished fourth while De Silvestro finished 23rd.