Red Bull drivers Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel are blaming each other for the crash in Sunday's 2010 Turkish Formula 1 GP that cost them a 1-2 finish and the championship lead.
Webber, in typically blunt language (even with the expletives deleted), described the afternoon as "a disaster" and said he was in no way responsible.
"If I wasn't there there wouldn't have been contact but we were there together and it wasn't the easiest thing to predict what he would do in that split second," the 33-year-old Australian said. He is still leading the Drivers' standings.
Vettel was not about to apologise either: "It's pretty obvious if you watch the scene. We are here to race. I was on the inner side, would have had the go for the next corner.
"I was concentrating on braking then I felt a hit and the race was over. I lost control of the car.
"I was not over-eager. I felt I was a little bit faster. Very silly among team mates. As a team mate you should give each other some room," the 22-year-old German said.
Vettel had tried to go through on the inside heading into turn 12, 18 laps from the end, and appeared to turn in on Webber. He spun and retired with a ripped right rear tyre while Webber went off and lost the lead.
He recovered to finish third.
The acrimony was not limited to the drivers.Red Bull lost the lead in the Constructors' championship to McLaren by one point; the 1-2 that was tossed away would have seen them at least 43 points clear.
Austrian Helmut Marko, a close confidant of team owner and compatriot Dietrich Mateschitz as well as a strong supporter of Vettel, blamed Webber. Team principal Christian Horner suggested the younger man was more in the wrong.
Horner said: "Sebastian got a run on the inside of Mark but then came across too early."
Marko disagreed and said Mateschitz was not amused. He told reporters, scowling as he headed out of the paddock: "Sebastian was ahead already and there was a corner coming so he has to go on his line.
"Vettel was under enormous pressure from (McLaren's Lewis) Hamilton. He had to do something, otherwise Hamilton would overtake."
NO THIRD WORLD WAR
Marko denied, however, that there was a rift emerging between the German-speaking side of the garage and the Anglo-Saxon part of the British-based team.
"That's not true! We are handling our team and both drivers in the same way," he said, while making it clear he felt Webber should have let Vettel go past.
Pouring further fuel on the flames, an unsmiling and stony-faced Webber was enigmatic in the post-race news conference as speculation mounted that some form of team orders might have been involved.
Asked whether there was a reason for Vettel managing to get a jump on him, he replied: "Hmmm, maybe... you guys need to dig more, somewhere else."
'QUICK GOING STRAIGHT'
Team sources said the Australian, chasing his third win in a row, was told to turn down the power of his car's engine before the incident - which would have allowed Vettel to get within striking distance.
World champion Jenson Button, who finished second in a McLaren 1-2 with Hamilton, told Reuters: "I heard that Mark was told to turn the engine down and I don't know if Vettel did. He seemed very quick in a straight line." - Reuters