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Alexander Albon has said he does not blame Oliver Bearman for their FP1 crash at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, but failed to take responsibility for the incident himself.
Alexander Albon did not take full responsibility for his crash with Oliver Bearman during FP1 at the Mexico City Grand Prix, shifting some blame onto Ferrari for not preventing the accident sooner. Bearman, substituting for Charles Leclerc, was going slow in a challenging section when Albon, on a push lap, collided with him, causing a red flag. Albon asserted that while Bearman could have been better instructed, the closing speeds in F1 surpass those of F2, where Bearman competes. Albon, expressing frustration by calling himself an “idiot” over the radio, believed Ferrari should have communicated the situation earlier to Bearman, avoiding the crash at a high-speed corner. Despite sharing the fault with Bearman, Albon highlighted Ferrari’s role in the incident and the suboptimal timing of their exchange on the track.
