The drivers are blaming each other for their
British Grand Prix collision and neither will back down on the track either
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There was an almost inescapable inevitability to the clash between
Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen at the British Grand Prix on Sunday. The two drivers are locked in a fierce fight for the
Formula One world championship. They are competitive, determined and, crucially, unwilling to yield to one another for fear it would expose a chink that could be exploited. The irresistible force and the immovable object butted heads and, when neither gave way at Silverstone, the nature of their title fight fundamentally changed.
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