Lotus man Heikki Kovalainen has blamed Red Bull Racing's Mark Webber for their potentially very dangerous crash today in the European Grand Pri☂x at Valencia in Spain.

Kovalainen and Webber came together on lap 10 following a misund⛦erstanding while battl♏ing for position. Both escaped unhurt from the incident, which saw Webber's Red Bull launched into the air as it cart wheeled over the Lotus.

"First of all it's good news that both of us are okay,"ꦇ Kovalainen reflected. "Mark had a hardcore flight, and it could have ended up much worse,ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ so it's good we're both fine.

"It's such a shame the race ended that early though - I was going really well, pulling away from the guys behind by about half a second a lap, and with Ma🍌rk we were racing for position so I was always going to defend.

"I didn't do anything wrong and he just ran into me. I think he missed his braking point and he ran into me at a very bad angle - his front tyre hit my right rear and he took off. I had to make a mandatory visit to the medical centre, and shook hands with Mark there🔥, but I'm absolutely fine, and glad Mark is too."

🐈While some F1 folk questioned whether Kovalainen should have tried to fight with Webber, Lotus chief technical officer, Mike Gascoyne was adamant the Finn had done nothing wrong and that he was right to try and defend his po𒁃sition.

"Heikki had an accident with Webber - he was defending his line and racing for position, and that's what 💃we will always do i♌n that situation," Gascoyne stated. "It's just a great shame, and we're very glad that neither driver was hurt."

Webber meanwhile, was relieved to walk away unharmed [see separate story - 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:click here], although unsurprisꦇingly he felt the accident was Kovalainen's fault, as he braked too 🎐early.

"I was going a lot faster than Heikki and൲ then a long, long way before the braking point he braked - about 80m before - and at that point I was a passenger," Webber said.