Carlos Sainz and Sergio Perez crashed out of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on the penultimate lap.
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has blamed Carlos Sainz for causing the penultimate lap crash with Sergio Perez in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
Perez and Sainz were involved in a podium scrap with Charles Leclerc for second place, before the “massive” accident occurred on the back straight between the second and third corners.
The moment that led to the incident started at the first corner, where Perez attempted to overtake Leclerc for second.
Leclerc remained on the inside of the Red Bull driver, resulting in a poor corner exit for Perez.
This opened the door to Sainz to move into third ahead of the second corner, where it was Sainz’s turn to have a poor exit.
“Perez was driving very fast around Turn 2 and tried to pass Sainz, but they ended up crashing into each other at a high speed.
Both drivers hit the wall hard.” Perez lost his chance at a podium finish in a race after he was involved in an accident.
Horner, the team boss, believed that Perez was not to blame for the incident.
Horner told Viaplay that from watching the replay, it seemed like Carlos veered towards the left side of the track.
“It caused a lot of harm, a big accident that resulted in us losing important points for Checo and the team. It was very disappointing.”