‘We should have done better’ says Vettel after Schumacher crash

Sebastian Vettel has said both he and Mick Schumacher “should have done better” after the pair crashed into each other in the closing stages of the Miami Grand Prix.

Vettel and Schumacher’s relationship is perhaps one of the most wholesome on the grid with the Aston Martin driver providing the mentor figure just as Mick’s dad had done for Vettel many years ago but that relationship hit a rocky point during the Miami Grand Prix.

With Schumacher on course for the first points of his Formula 1 career, he crashed into Vettel late on to send the four-time World Champion out of the race and himself to the back of the grid. The Haas driver crossed the line in 15th having been forced to stop for a new front wing.

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The stewards adjudged neither driver to be at fault but Vettel said after the race that both he and Schumacher “should have done better.”

“It is obviously a shame we both made contact and both missed scoring points,” the four-time World Champion said. “We should have done better, I need to look again.”

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Contact between Schumacher and Vettel

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Vettel will be doubly disappointed having worked his way up from a pit-lane start to within the points only to see all of that disappear. Despite the DNF, Vettel felt the Aston Martin was “a bit better” following a poor start to the season.

“We had a problem