Ferrari Formula 1 team principal Mattia Binotto feels his side got “luck♈y” tꦉhat its drivers collided this season so it can plan for how to handle future scenarios.

Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc wiped each oth🦂er out of Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix with a coming together while battling over fourth position in the closing stages.

Ferrari has called b💃oth drivers back to its Maranell💫o base to review the incident, with Binotto describing the crash after the race as “silly”.

But despite his frustratio🧜ns, Binotto believes the collision could have a positive outcome by helping Ferrari decide how it will approach letting its drivers race going forwards.

“I’m still convinced it is a luxury because 𝓰they are both good d🦄rivers. Very good drivers,” Binotto said.

“Tꦉhey both represent a good benchmark for each other and we have seen how well they have improved, and Seb in the second half was certainly very fast.

“So I think overall it is still a luxury. The fact that what happened, I would say it⛦ is even lucky it happened this season because there will be opportunities to clarify in view of next year what is not to happen.

“So I’m happy to take this opport🥃unity of what happened, to claඣrify for the future.”

Binotto also dismissed suggestions that Vettel has a history of refusing to be managed by his respect✱ive teams, adding the Scuderia simply needs to recognise its mistakes to improve in future.

“I don’t think it is a matter of managing it here, it is a matter of recognising, eventually, what have been the actions and the mistakes,” he expla꧒ined.

“Whether you are a📖 driver or an engineer, whatever you are doin🦩g, recognising mistakes is important. Because that can only make you better.

“What will be important with both drivers is to understand what happened, making sure that at least – not in the heat, but when they will be together in Maranello – to understand what happened and then it will not be for me to blame ౠthem, but them to recognise it."