Ferrari's disastrous Mexican Grand Prix will prove good for the team in the long run, according to team principal Maurizio Arrivabene.
On a difficult afternoon for Ferrari, Kimi Raikkonen retired after contact with Valtteri Bottas before Sebastian Vettel crashed out at Turn 7. The result is the first time since 2006 that Ferrari has failed to finish with eat least one car, and Arrivabene says the experience will help the team in future.
“I want to start like this; during the course of this season we touched the sky, [on Sunday] we touched the bottom," Arrivabene said.
"This is a good lesson for all of us, preparing ourselves and the character of the team for next year. I don’t want to blame Kimi in one way, I don’t want to blame Seb in the other way. We don’t have to excuse and they don’t have to excuse, we are a team, so this is my answer.”
And Arrivabene agreed with the stewards decision to not take any action regarding the collision between Raikkonen and Bottas.
“They were racing incidents. It happened in Russia, it happened here, this is Formula One. The most important thing is that nobody has got injured and that is the most important thing, safety. Accidents are part of the show; I don’t want to blame anybody.”
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