Furious Red Bull boss Christian Horner has demanded that Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo apologise in person to the team’s 800 staff after the teammates’ refusal to back off led to their crash on lap 40 of the Azerbaijan Formula One Grand Prix.
Lewis Hamilton won the race after the unlucky Valtteri Bottas suffered a puncture three laps from the finish, but the Red Bull drama was just as gripping, despite it not involving a spot on the podium.
Verstappen and Ricciardo had been at each other’s throats for much of the race on the streets of Baku, and their high-speed collision with 11 laps remaining appeared almost inevitable.
On the longest and fastest straight on the Formula One calendar, Ricciardo lined up his overtake in the battle for fourth.
But as Verstappen moved to his left to cover off his team-mate, Ricciardo was left with little room for manoeuvre and thudded into the back of him. In an instant, both cars were wiped out of the race.
Sunday, April 29, 2018
#F1: Red Bull chief orders #Perth’s Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen to apologise after crash in #AzerbaijanGP
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