Ferrari to keep Brazil GP driver clash discussions private

Ferrari Formula 1 team principal Mattia Binotto has refused to elaborate on the internal discussions held following t🅘he collision betw𒀰een Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc at the Brazilian Grand Prix.

Vettel and Leclerc came together in the closing stages of the Interlagos race in what Binotto described was a “silly action”, before summoning both drivers to a meeting to review the incident behind ♓ℱclosed doors at its Maranello headquarters.

Ferrari to keep Brazil GP driver clash discussions private

Ferrari Formula 1 team principal Mattia Binotto has r✃efused to elaborate on the internal discussions held following the collision between Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc at the Brazilian Grand Prix.

Vettel and Leclerc came together in the closing stages of the Interlagos race in what Binotto described was a “silly action”, before summoning both drivers to a meeti🌸ng to review the in🉐cident behind closed doors at its Maranello headquarters.

Binotto said w꧟ould not go into the finer details 𒅌of the inquest but insisted he is confident that a repeat clash will not happen again in the future.

“Th♏ere are no answers here; it’s something we discussed inte🐲rnally,” Binotto explained.

“They are both very good drivers, th🅘ey know exactly what to do. I think it has been somehow unfortunate what happened but it will not happen anymore.

“Is🎉 there one driver more to blame than the other? I think it’s even not important, because maybe that time it could🏅 have been maybe Seb, next time maybe Charles.

“They are two drivers, they are fighting, they can both of them ꦜmake mistakes. I thi⛎nk that at the end what’s important is to make sure that whoever he is, the one in Brazil, or the next time, it’s not happening again.

“And again, I don’t thin🔯k there is much to discuss. That’s something that is something that is in between our factory, between us, something we discussed and I’m happy to keep it between us.”

Ahead of this weekend’s season finale in Abu Dhabi, Leclerc admitted he could have given Vettel more room but also hinted the ꦜGerman was more at fault for appearing to move left into his path along the back straight.

“If you listen to the drivers, they may have their ow💃n version,” Binotto added. “I think at the end the🅰re is one true version, which is that they damaged the interest of the Scuderia Ferrari, and by doing that, damaging themselves.

“We discussed altogether, we looked again at the video. I think what’s always important♏ when t𓄧hat type of thing happens, there is always something which is triggering it.

“And more important is to understand what’s triggering it. It's the only way to make sure that in the future it’s not happening again. And that’s something 🅺that certainly we discussed - between us.”

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