Liam Lawson ꦫhas been blamed for his ruckus with Sergio🅠 Perez by Helmut Marko.

Lawson is gunning to replace Perez in the Red Bull next year but has drawn the ire of Marko, the t๊eam’s notoriously brutal chief.

RB dღriver Lawson, in just his second race since replacing Daniel Ricciardo at the F1 Mexico City 🐼Grand Prix, damaged Perez’s car when they tangled.

Perez called Lawson “an idioꦺt” via team radio, and the ꦦyounger driver shot back a middle-finger gesture.

Marko said to ORF: “[It was] an unnecessary collision, where I see La🍃wson as being💛 more to blame.”

Marko made it clear that he didn’t want to seeܫ aggressive driving between an RB and a Red Bull driver.

“If it had been some🔴one 🥃else, yes. But not the sister team,” he stated.

Lawson reacted: “I don't thinkꦦ that's what Helmut likes. It's not my character, not something you should be doing."

He said about swearing at Pe🦂rez: “It's obviously one of thos🌠e in the moment things. He spent half the lap blocking me, trying to ruin my race, so I was upset.

“But it's not an excuꦡse💎. I shouldn't have done it, and I apologise for that.”

Lawson claimed about their clash: “I left him sp❀ace into (Turn) 4 and was coming in ver💫y, very late. Honestly, I tried to give him space.

“He drove me off the track, and then he didn't give me space since Turn 5. So, you know, it's unforಌtunate about the tension, but I don't know where he wants me to go.”

Lawson’s cont🅷roversial race in Mexico City, where he finished 16th, adds another layer of intrigue into whether he will replace🍰 Perez.

The stage is set for him to impress in the RB enough toꦐ warrant becoming Max Verstappen’s teammate next year.

But irritating key decision-maker Marko in Mexico is not what Lawso🐎n ꩲwill have hoped to do.