Zhou, Mick disagree on fault of ‘unnecessary’ collision

Mick Schumacher and Zhou Guanyu were not in agreement over who was at fault for their collision during the French Grand Prix.

The two came together after the Safety Car period caused by Charles Leclerc ended, Schumacher sent spinning as a result.

He recovered to finish P15 but it was a disappointing race for Schumacher who was unable to extend his streak of consecutive point finishes.

The FIA found that Zhou lost control of the rear of the car when Schumacher was on the outside and made contact with the Haas driver, causing him to spin. They adjudged the Alfa Romeo man to be fully at fault and handed him a five-second penalty as well as two points on his superlicense.

Despite this, Zhou felt it was more a case of him defending and said the crash compromised both of their races.

“From my side, you know, I defended the inside in turn 11,” he told F1.com. “He was trying to go on [the] outside and at one point the corner radius became very small for me. So I tried to keep tidy, but I think it’s difficult to judge for both of us and it kind of compromised both of our races. So unfortunately, that happens. So we just move forward.”

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Zhou’s day only got worse from there as he was forced to retire on Lap 49 with a technical issue. The Chinese driver said they were “still investigating” the cause of the problem.

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