Many believe that it was a 50-50, others that it was Webber or Vettels fault, but it was clearly just a racing incident, but also begs why the two were racing each other in the first place.
The two cars were first and second for Pete's sake. They had dominated the last two races and were running away from the rest in the constructor's championship. At this point of the race, had I been Christian Horner, I simply would not have let my drivers race wheel to wheel like that.
Of course, Hamilton and Button raced for the lead after these guys collided, but it crucially did not result in either dropping out of the race or losing position, and they made it a McLaren 1-2.
At this early stage of the season, team mates should not race each other. If they are fighting for the title towards the end then that is a different matter altogether, but there have only been 6 races.
Horner needs to get the drivers together now, make them vent any steam, and clear the air before Canada. The McLaren and Ferrari teams will both be strong there and Red Bull cannot afford to lose ground to them.
On another note, I was pleased to see the improvements the "B" class teams Lotus, Virgin and Hispania have made and look forward to the prospect of them picking up points towards the end of the season.
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