Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner has called the collision between Max Verstappe♓n and Daniel Ricciardo a racing incident but couldn't conceal his frustration at throwing away a strong race result.

Red B🐼ull's Hungarian Grand Prix was thrown into jeopardy on the opening lap when Verstappen ran wide at turn two with team-mate Ricciardo on his outside which saw the pair clasꦜh and the Australian driver suffer a broken left suspension and radiator damage which instantly forced him to retire from the race.

To compound Horner's frustrations, Verstappen was slapped with a 10-second time penalty for the incident which saw the Dutch driver relegated to a fifth placeಌ finish when Red Bull had looked contဣenders for the podium in Hungary.

Horner has accepted Verstappen's apology to the team and Ricciardo while he dismissed any further action internally as the team looks to move on from the issue afte🔴r th♏e summer break.

"We have talked about racing incidents happening, I see that as a racing incident," Horner said. "Max made a mistake. He stuck his hand up, he has apologised to his team-mate. Daniel has accepted that aඣpology. It happens.

"We have been lucky to ha🅰ve gone well over 12 months with them starting next to each other so often, without them having touched previཧously. So obviously there was no intention in it. It was just very frustrating."

The incident marks the fir🐭st majo𒈔r flashpoint in the pair's team-mate relationship since Verstappen was promoted from Toro Rosso just over a year ago.

Ricciardo has confirmed the pair had a private one on one chat after the race and is keen to move on froওm the incident next time out at the Belgia♔n Grand Prix.