Mattia Binotto says he has sought assurances from his two drivers that their race-ending collision in the Brazilian Grand Prix will not be repeated.

Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc tangled while battling over fourth place in the race at Interlagos . Binotto met with both at the team’s Maranello base following the crash.

Speaking in today’s FIA press conference, Binotto refused to be drawn on the details of their discussion.

“There are no answers here,”he said. It’s something we discussed internally.

“They are both very good drivers, they know exactly what to do. I think it has been unfortunate what happened but it will not happen again.”

Binotto said he was not interested in apportioning blame to either of the two.

“Is one driver more to blame than the other? I think it’s not important. Because clearly that time it could have been maybe Seb next time will be Charles.

“They are two drivers fighting, they can both of them make mistakes. At the end what’s important is to make sure that whether it’s the one in Brazil, or the next time, it’s not happening again.

“And again, I don’t think there is much to discuss. That’s something which is between our factory, between us, something we discussed.”

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