Mercedes will meet to discuss whether or not it should impose team orders in the wake of another coming together of its drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg.
The pair collided on the final lap of the Austrian Grand Prix, and whilst Hamilton would go on to win the race, his team-mate would limp home in fourth after damaging his front-wing, costing the team an almost certain 1-2 finish.
It comes just weeks after the pair crashed out in Barcelona when they made contact on the opening lap.
Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff accepted the first occurence as an "eventuality", but described the second incident as "brainless".
"Barcelona, I was much more at ease with it because we had had 30 races without any collision and it was clear that it was eventually going to happen," commented Wolff.
"It wiped out both cars and in my naive thinking I thought: 'Okay, they've learnt the lesson, now they saw what the consequences are it's not going to happen anymore.' Here we go, it happens again."
Wolff suggested team orders must now be a consideration going forward and it's expected the team will decide on whether or not to introduce them during a meeting this week ahead of the next round at Silverstone.
"We let our drivers race and we trust them to do so – but colliding team-mates is not what we want and this is something that needs to be stopped.
"If we need to reconsider our philosophy [of open racing], and to take some unpopular decisions, then we must be prepared to keep that option open.
"We will now let the emotions settle before we sit down and discuss our next steps."
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