Antonio Felix da Costa has slammed Dan Ticktum after their pair collided in the latter stages of the first Monaco E-Prix of the Formula E double-header weekend.
The Kiro driver was running third, having overtaken da Costa in the final seconds of Attack Mode, with all cars having taken mandatory Pit Boost.
With da Costa on higher energy, the Jaguar driver was eager to make good on his advantage and leapfrog the Briton, to ensure a double-Jaguar podium, with Mitch Evans second.
But approaching the Nouvelle Chicane, da Costa looked to the inside, but Ticktum covered him off as the apex beckoned, and it led to the inevitable.
Da Costa was pushed into the inside wall, clouting it with enough force to see his left-rear tyre depart the Jaguar.
The incident brought out a Full Course Yellow, to virtually guarantee the running order, as running resumed midway into the final lap, with Nyck de Vries taking victory, with Evans second.
Ticktum’s Kiro was unharmed and claimed third, but immediately afterwards, was handed a retrospective drive-through penalty, sending him to 12th in the order, handing a maiden podium to his teammate Pepe Marti.
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Speaking to Motorsport Week immediately after the race, a dejected da Costa accused Ticktum of moving under braking prior to the incident, believing he should have been cautioned to nullify the possibility of the accident.
“What happened happened and he got a penalty, so I have nothing to say,” he said. “That was completely wrong from him and the stewards saw it and penalised him.
“But I’m just angry that we let it escalate to that point. He should have gotten a warning three laps prior because he was moving under brakes. He was just driving completely illegally down.
“If we follow our guidelines and he was moving under brakes, and then if you don’t tell a guy that’s driving dangerously, you don’t give him a warning or you don’t tell him that, then he’s going to keep doing it and then what happened happens.”
At last year’s Monaco E-Prix, Ticktum, during the race via team radio, accused de Vries of being a “dirty driver”, and when broached to him, da Costa intimated there were double-standards at play.
“He’s been very vocal about everyone else, but he’s just as bad or the worst.”
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