Red Bull crashed out in Azerbaijan Grand Prix when both drivers, Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen, collided with each other at Turn 1.
They have been called to Red Bull’s factory for an apology to the team, as they fought over a position between themselves and left no room for either of them on the grid.
The collision at Baku made Red Bull chiefs angry.
Christian Horner, Red Bull’s Team Principal, told Sky Sports that both drivers have been asked to travel to Milton Keynes – which is Red Bull’s team base – to speak with the team before they could carry on with the rest of the season this year.
Horner said, “In Barcelona they will be fine, I have no doubt about that. But they are both in the dog house. You can see that in their body language.
“They will be in the factory to apologise to all the staff prior to the Barcelona race.”
Horner has strongly expressed his concerns to Ricciardo and Verstappen at Baku over their selfish bahvior that has cost not only drivers but their team members as well. Verstappen has issued an informal apology to the team over twitter.
“Things get discussed behind closed doors, but the drivers at the end of the day drive for a team and they both recognise that they have screwed up today,” he said.
“They will be apologising to the team, and all members of the team, because it is a team sport and that seemed to get forgotten about.”
No Team Order to be defined
Horner said that the management have no intentions of interfering on the track between the two and they are free to race but with respect.
“There were probably three incidents between the two of them over the course of the grand prix,” he added.
“They touched wheels earlier in the race, they have been told to calm it down a bit…their engineers are managing and working with the drivers.
“But we don’t want to interfere in letting them go wheel-to-wheel. They have been very good at that up to this point. And what we have always said – give each other room on track and we will let them race.
“They have just about done that through the grand prix until that unfortunate incident. I am not apportioning blame one way or the other, to either of the drivers – they are both to blame in this and it is the team that unfortunately misses out.”
