The worst teammate crashes in Formula 1 history

Over the years, teammates have reached boiling point during crucial parts of the Formula One season. Sometimes, emotions can run high when flying down a corner at 200 km/h!

Formula One drivers are known for their selfishness on the race track, and in some instances, their attitude and ignorance have resulted in teammates ignoring team instructions and crashing into each other.

Here are the worst teammate collisions in Formula One history!

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Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna are two of the greatest Formula One drivers of all time, but in the late 80s, the two best drivers were driving for McLaren-Honda, causing a fierce rivalry.

At the 1989 Japanese Grand Prix, Prost would have won the championship if the pair had finished the race without a point. Senna had caught up with Prost, coming from behind in the race and knocking the Frenchman out. Prost still won the title, with Senna being disqualified, according to Motorsport.

Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton had their fair share of battles when they were Mercedes teammates, but their biggest collision came at the start of the Spanish GP in 2016.

According to Sky Sports, with Rosberg on a seven-race win streak and battling for his first title after Hamilton had won the previous two, Rosberg got the jump on Hamilton again, resulting in Rosberg pushing the Brit onto the grass at turn two, taking the pair out of the race and falling out with the garage.

Daniel Ricciardo is the nice guy in Formula One, but his crash with new three-time world champion Max Verstappen marked the end of his Red Bull career in 2018 at the Baku Grand Prix.

According to Motorsport Magazine, Verstappen was struggling with battery problems and was holding Ricciardo up from overtaking him. Due to the excessive force of his slipstream, the Aussie crashed into Verstappen, sending them both out of the race. In the end, the pair were blamed equally.

With Michael Schumacher out with a broken leg, Mika Hakkinen had the chance to extend his championship lead over the German at the 1999 Austrian Grand Prix.

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The Finn's teammate David Coulthard had other ideas, spinning Hakkinen out and going for the win himself. Unfortunately for the Scot, his attempt backfired, and he eventually lost to Eddie Irvine, as reported by Autosport.

2010 was the first season Red Bull Racing became competitive, and with Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel racing, the pair always fought to the closest margins.

According to the Formula One website, at the Turkish Grand Prix, Mark Webber was leading the race when a young Vettel came behind him, looking quicker and pushing the pace. The pair were side by side when they clipped each other, sending Vettel out of the race, with Webber finishing third.

A Formula One driver has only two rules to live by. The first is to be faster than the opponent, and the second is not to crash into another driver, especially your teammate.

Some of these drivers have broken both rules, resulting in crashes that have affected championship winners and tarnished legacies.

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