Wolff analyses incident: 'I think not'

George Russell and Valtteri Bottas collided hard at Imola, forcing both drivers to abandon the race. In Portugal, the incident is still being discussed behind the scenes.

Toto Wolff, Mercedes' team principal, saw both drivers blaming each other in the media for the incident in recent weeks. While Wolff acknowledges that a young driver sometimes takes risks, he states that an incident can never be blamed on just one driver.

“I think I want most of the conversations to stay confidential because I had discussions with both of the drivers," Wolff stated in conversation with Formula1.com. "Drivers have to go for a gap, and sometimes it's evaluating whether it's taking a risk or not. I guess that a young driver will always go for the possibility and nothing else is expected."

However, this is not always possible, Wolff explains. "Then the question is, is there enough reaction time to take to evaluate who is the other car? I think not. So in a way, there is never 100% blame on one and zero on the other one. It's probably always much more nuanced and I'm really happy about the conversation we had.”