Mercedes chairman Niki Lauda has laid more of the blame at the feet of Max Verstappen for his part in the inter-team crash between the Red Bull drivers. In the latter stages of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Verstappen was hit from behind by teammate Daniel Ricciardo, putting both cars out of the race.
It was an incident that was seemingly in the making from the get-go. Both Red Bull's were giving no quarter to one another throughout the race, and when the two finally did come to blows it was Verstappen who was at fault more, at least according to Lauda.
"No, it's a disaster and we had it once (at the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix). For me, it is 70 percent Verstappen and 30 percent Ricciardo. He was moving on him all the time, where can the poor guy go?"
He went on to discuss how he would deal with such a scenario between the two Mercedes drivers if such an incident was to occur.
"I would bring them in the office together with Toto (Wolff, Mercedes boss) and tell them how much less they will get paid because of the damage they have done. Really. We thought about this once but we didn't have to do it."
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