Leclerc denies he crashed on purpose; Verstappen not angry with Ferrari driver

"If I was doing it on purpose, I would have done it a less bit hard! For now, I'm worried about the rear of the car, I hope it's OK, but it doesn't look OK," Leclerc said at the press conference to Autosport.com and others. A broken gearbox will cost the Monegasque a grid penalty of five places.

In front of De Telegraaf, Verstappen is asked if in the future a pole should be taken away from Leclerc after causing red flag. "No, it's a difference if someone does it deliberately, but that wasn't the case here. We all push and a mistake is easily made here," said the 23-year-old Dutchman.

Verstappen himself also has experience of parking a Formula One car in the wall at Monte Carlo.