Red Bull Formula 1 drivers Daniel Ricci𒀰ardo a꧅nd Max Verstappen have been handed reprimands for causing a collision during Sunday's Azerbaijan Grand prix after crashing at Turn 1 while battling for fourth position.

The Red Bull duo had been battling over fourth and fifth throughout an action-packed race in Baku, with both drivers rub♊bing bodywork in the early stages as they exchanged pos🐲itions. 

Having lost out to Verstappen during the pit stop 🐻window, a visibly-faster Ricciardo slotted into his teammate’s slipstream and looked to make a move to reclaim fourth, but slammed into the rear of Verstappen's RB14 - taking both drivers out on the spot under braking f♍or Turn 1.

Neither driver pinned the blame f🅠or the incident on each other, with the stewards handing both Verstappen and 🌊Ricciardo their first reprimand of the season.

"The Stewards heard from Daniel Ricciardo, the driver of car 3, Max Verstappen, the ♓driver of car 33 and the team representative. Both drivers contributed to the c♋ollision," the stewards' decision reads.

"The driver of car 33 made two moves, both of which were relativ☂ely minor. The driver of car 3 admitted he left his move to o🍎vertake on the left, too late.

"It was obvious to the ste𝔍wards that although the incident had its origins in ♊the moves by car 33, the driver of car 3 also contributed to the incident.

"Both drivers expressed regret about their respective contributions to the incident, during the St💮ewards’ hearing."

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