Formula 1 may not have visited Portugal in quite some time, but it didn’t take long for it to find its controversial best on Friday at Portimao. Whether it was a case of miscommunication, sheer hard-headedness, or two drivers whose calendars must have said “Sunday” instead of “Friday”, the collision we got between Lance Stroll and Max Verstappen was as noteworthy as it was unnecessary. Really, there’s no circumstance where two drivers should be racing themselves like that in a practice session, but it gives us a chance to play every armchair expert’s favourite game: the blame game, so why not take advantage? First, Stroll’s engineer messed up for not telling his driver...
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