Rivula One Lewis Hamilton’s rival title and Max Verstappen came out of the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday, with the Boss of the Mercedes Toto Wolff team slamming the incident as a ‘tactical violation’.
Red Bull and Championship Leader Verstappen saw it differently and accused of seven-time world champion Hamilton did not leave enough space in the first Chicane.
The collision ended with gravel with the Verstappen car sandwiched above Briton, Halo’s head protection tool proved its value again with the two drivers of climbing smarting but not hurt.
“The servants will decide who to blame,” said Wolff after the race ended with McLaren one-two with Australia Daniel Ricciardo winner.
“I would say it was a tactical violation.
He might know that if Lewis remains at the forefront of a race victory.” Verstappen has started five points from Hamilton after finishing second in Saturday sprint races for a bonus of two points.
The Dutch driver ran in second place but lost 11 seconds in a slow pitstop that dropped it to the 10th place while Hamilton passed Norris to lead with Ricciardo after being pitted.
Hamilton complained three rounds after verstappen and they then went to the wheel-to-wheel, by car making contacts and red bulls lifted the sidewalk and into the air.
“It landed in my head but I would be fine,” said a sick Hamilton.
“I had a race as strong as I could, finally passed (McLaren’s) Lando (Norris) and was in the lead position so they brought me.
Pitstop slow, I lost a few seconds and I left.
Daniel comes, Max will come.” I made sure I left The width of the car outside for him, I went to turn one and I was in front and went to two and then suddenly he was above me.
“He just didn’t want to give a way today and he knew when he went into two what would happen …
but he still did it,” Briton told Sky Sports Television.
Verstappen said he had traveled outside and “he continued to squeeze me.” I want to race …
I don’t expect him to keep squeezing, squeezing, squeezing.
He isn’t even necessary.
If he will leave me just a wide car, we will run out of the turn of two and I think he might still be in front.
“But he keeps pushing me wider and at one point there is no place to go.” Both were called to the waiter after the race.
“I think our opinion is that Lewis might be too close to change two,” said the Red Bull boss Christian Horner.
“I was disappointed that Toto would say it was a professional violation but I thought it was a racing incident and fortunately no one was hurt today.” Rival titles have collided before this season, especially at the British Grand Prix Hamilton himself when Verstappen ended in a hospital for check and Hamilton took victory.
“It’s clear to max that it will end in an accident,” Wolff said.
“If we don’t manage it in the right way, and I’m sure the servants will see it the right way, this will continue.” We have a high-speed accident in Silverstone, we have one car.
ends above the other, on the head of Lewis here.
So how far can we go? Maybe next time we have high-speed accidents and land with each other.
“Wolff said the Hamilton car was broken around Halo and the steering wheel was in the head of Briton.
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