Red Bull F1 News: Helmut Marko describes “unacceptable” incident with Daniel Ricciardo after the drama in Monaco

Helmut Marko has given his view on an incident at the Monaco Grand Prix, recalling similar scenarios.

The first lap of the Monaco GP saw a series of dramatic accidents that immediately led to the red flag.

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When attempting to overtake up the hill to Turn 1, Kevin Magnussen crashed into the Red Bull of Sergio PerezExtinction Nico Hülkenberg’s Car too.

Fortunately, all three drivers were uninjured, but Perez’s car was completely destroyed and damaged Costs in the millions.

Monaco causes chaos among teammates

Another incident occurred between the two Alpine’s in Porter, Esteban Ocon crashed into the rear of Pierre Gasly’s car.

The collision threw Ocon into the air and ended his race, while Gasly was able to continue the race, finishing P10 and scoring points for the team.

Alpine boss Bruno Famin was reportedly unhappy with the incident, and Ocon has to serve a five-place grid penalty at the Canadian Grand Prix.

In response to the incident, Helmut Marko compared the incident to clashes between teammates at RedBull in his column for Speedweek.

“Another accident on the first lap that caused controversy was the crash between the two Alpine teammates Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon,” he wrote.

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“This happened to us twice at Red Bull Racing when teammates got in each other’s way: once in 2018 with Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen in Baku and once with Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel in 2010 in Turkey.

“In both cases, we called both drivers into the company and spoke openly with them and made it clear to them that such collisions with teammates are simply not acceptable.”

“Ricciardo left us at the end of the season and there were no more incidents like that with Webber; they accepted that it was not acceptable.”

“The problem with Alpine, however, is that it was not the first time and I think that makes things even more difficult,” added Marko.

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