When attempting to overtake the Hღaas driver into Turn 3, de Vries locked up, forcing both drivers to take to the run-off area.

It༺ concluded a clumsy battle between the pair which ended in comical fashion as both drivers were forced to reverse from Turn 3.

Magnussen has a reput💜ation for a🌜ggressive driving wheel-to-wheel and the Dane was very self aware in his response after the race on Sunday.

“I was on the outside, and I was blockedไ and ended up on the run-off with him, so that was unlucky for me,” he explained.

“Heও was racing pretty hard, that's for sure, but who am I to complain about that?

“I think the problem was he missed his braking in Turn 3 and took me with him. I don't think he💝 did that on purpose♚.”

De Vrღies simply described the clash as a ‘racܫing incident’.

“We were just racing﷽ each other hard through [Turns] 1, 2, and I undercut and was on the dirt," he added.

“[We were] pushing each other hard into that braking pointꦿ an🐟d I locked up and went straight [on]. [It was] kind of a racing fight and incident.

“I felt like🅷 I had the momentum and I thought I kind of had him, but then he almost went through the grass on the kerb to get me back and we were just fighting. I guess that's racing.

“Certainly we woꦚuld have finished higher up but🧸, if we are honest to ourselves, I don't think we had the package to fight for points.”