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Max Verstappen has apologised to Red Bull and Daniel Ricciardo after the Dutchman caused an accident on the opening lap of the race. As he and his teammate ran side-by-side down towards the second corner, Verstappen locked his front left tyre and hit into the side of Ricciardo who retired due to damage suffered from the incident.
Ricciardo was visibly and vocally upset after the race, branding Verstappen as an amateur. Verstappen was consequently handed a 10 second time penalty which took him out of the battle with Mercedes and Ferrari, shattering all chances of a podium finish
Speaking after the race, Verstappen said: "I apologise to Daniel and also to the team because we could have scored some good points. I'll speak to Daniel in private and we'll sort it out," he told Sky F1. "It's of course not what you want. Everything started in Turn 1. The start was actually quite good but then I got squeezed wide by [Valtteri] Bottas and lost quite a bit of speed and then we were both fighting for position in Turn 2.
"We braked quite deep into the corner but I had a car in front of me and locked the front. From there I was just a passenger. I was trying to avoid Daniel but it was not possible. It's never my intention to hit anyone but especially not my team-mate and especially with the relationship I have with Daniel which is very good."
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Wolfgang
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well.. let me put it this way: Mr. Warwick is from which country? And Verstappen was in front of which driver at this point of the race?
It´s so damn clear what was or is going on in british F1. Remembering last year where Verstappen pushed raikkonen several times off the track.
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