Miscommunication caused Toro Rosso collision

Toro Rosso’s Pierre Gasly believes his collision with teammate Brendon Hartley was down to a simple miscommunication.

The pair collided on the 32nd lap when Gasly, on fresher tyres attempted to cut inside Hartley but the pair collided, damaging both cars.

Gasly, was handed a ten-second time penalty for causing the crash, but the Frenchmen explained the incident, saying:

“They told me on the radio ‘OK Brendon is going to let you past at the end of the straight’, as we had said with the engineers,

“So I expected him to let me by. I went on the inside and, I don’t know if he didn’t see me, he told me he didn’t see me apparently, but I expected him to leave a bit of space for me to turn.

“I tried to brake to avoid him but it was too late, we made contact and that was it. It’s a shame because it’s the last thing you want to do, to have contact with your team mate and it’s just a shame.

“I think we misunderstood each other, I expected him to do one thing and he probably expected something else.”