Verstappen and Hamilton collided on Lap 26 at Monza as t🍃he pair went side-by-side through the opening sequence of corners.

As Verstappen tried to go up the🧸 inside of Turn 2, he clipped the sausage kerb, sending him airborne onto the top of Hamilton’s Mercedes.

The Dutchman was hande൲d a three-place grid penalty after the stewards deemed him to be “predominantly” to blame.

Reflecting on t🤪he incident, Brawn wrote in his post-race column: “Fans will be split, I’m sure. It’s clear both drivers could have avoided it. Ultimately I think it’s another consequence of two guys going head to head and not wanting to give inch. It’s a shame they ended up in the gravel because it could have shaped up to be a great race – and we w𝓡ere deprived of that.

“I💮’m interested to see what impact this has on their ongoing battle for the title. We have lived through Silverstone which was a ma🍰jor and controversial incident. Personally, I wouldn’t say it has changed the dynamic. You’ve got two cockerels in the farmyard at the moment and we are seeing the consequence of it.

“I 🙈don’t thinkꦓ either will back off at any moment for the rest of the year but I hope the championship is won on the track not in the barriers or the stewards’ room.”

Just five points separate the duo when F1 heads to Sochi next꧒ time out.