Reprimand For Ricciardo And Verstappen
Both Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen have been reprimanded by the FIA for their crash in Baku which ended up with both Red Bull drivers retiring from the race.
Ricciardo & Verstappen were fighting for position all afternoon when things so many people saw coming finally happened. Heading Turn 1 Ricciardo slammed into the back of Verstappen, who had moved twice whilst defending.
The FIA released a short statement about the incident after both drivers were summoned to the steward’s room.
“Both drivers contributed to the collision,” said the statement. “The driver of car 33 made two moves, both of which were relatively minor.
“The driver of car 3 admitted he left his move to overtake on the left, too late.
“It was obvious to the stewards that although the incident had its origins in the moves by car 33, the driver of car 3 also contributed to the incident.
“Both drivers expressed regret about their respective contributions to the incident, during the Stewards’ hearing.”
Both drivers have undoubtedly had a telling off by Christian Horner over the incident. And have both been told to go to the factory to apologise to the whole team for there actions.