Having looked back through the data ahead of the British Grand Prix, Antonelli revealed that he actually matched the braking point of Mercedes team-mate George Russell, but locking the rear tyres triggered a rapid snowballing of events which resulted in him hitting Verstappen at Turn 3.

It was not the Austrian Grand Prix that Max Verstappen and Andrea Kimi Antonelli had hoped for. During the first round of the race on Sunday, Antonelli caused a quick end to his own race but also to that of the Dutchman.

Max Verstappen says "every driver has made a mistake like that" after he was torpedoed into retirement by Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli in the Austrian Grand Prix.