Hamilton and Verstappen Blame Each Other for Monza Crash

Hamilton and Verstappen Blame Each Other for Monza Crash
Red Bull's Max Verstappen and Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton crash out of the race at the Italian Grand Prix in Monza, Italy on Sept. 12, 2021. Jennifer Lorenzini/Reuters
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Formula One title rivals Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen took each other out of the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday, with Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff slamming the incident as a “tactical foul.”

Red Bull and championship leader Verstappen saw it differently and accused seven times world champion Hamilton of not leaving enough space at the first chicane.