Dunne's weaving heavily baulked Tsolov and forced him to slam onto his brakes. The Bulgarian responded by pulling alongside and swerving into Dunne's front-left wheel, pushing him into the concrete wall on the right.<\/p>\n
READ MORE:<\/strong> Hamilton rips 'no accountability' after F1 scandals<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> 'Crazy' weekend disqualified Ricciardo rose to stardom<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \ufeffREAD MORE:<\/strong> Joey's secret Sydney doctor who could fix Storm star<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n "I don't know what on earth (Tsolov) was thinking there," commentator Chris McCarthy said.<\/p>\n "That was incredibly dangerous driving … I'm not too sure what on earth that was all about.<\/p>\n "I think the pictures almost spoke for themselves there."<\/p>\n Tsolov later denied deliberately crashing into the 18-year-old Irishman.<\/p>\n "I was a bit confused. I arrived on a push lap and I think (Dunne) was weaving, so I didn't know where to go to get past him because he was on a cool lap or something," Tsolov told Feeder Series.<\/p>\n "I went to the left side and then I just felt a hit under my rear tyre. So I think it was just a bit of a misunderstanding, but nothing intentional from any side.\u00a0<\/p>\n "I think it was just a bit unfortunate."<\/p>\n Tsolov said he knew Dunne was there, but bizarrely claimed to be on the racing line.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesHolder89\/status\/1770942866568671587<\/a>https:\/\/twitter.com\/naveenjrazik\/status\/1770950104025112732<\/a>https:\/\/twitter.com\/rencethefence\/status\/1770946018500305356<\/a><\/p>\n "I knew he was there, but then I suddenly just felt the hit. I didn't do anything strange. I was just on the racing line.<\/p>\n "I have no intention against him. There's nothing to win in a practice session, so I wouldn't do something like that."<\/p>\n Dunne was taken to the medical centre, but was cleared of any injury.<\/p>\n The Irishman took responsibility for the initial baulk on Tsolov, but said everything \ufeffafter that was an "overreaction".<\/p>\n "At the beginning it was my mistake. I was weaving, warming the tyres to set up my next push lap. I didn't see him behind me and I think I blocked his lap," he said.<\/p>\n "After that, I pulled out of the way and then I don't know if he got annoyed or whatever, but then I think he ended up turning into me, putting me in the wall.<\/p>\n "I wasn't told he was there, but it's my fault, not the team's. I should be looking in the mirror.<\/p>\n "I guess he got annoyed and overreacted a little bit."<\/p>\n The crash happened with barely three minutes left on the clock, meaning the session would not be restarted.<\/p>\n F3 are competing on the undercard to the F1 grand prix. It was the only practice session the junior category had on the Albert Park circuit before qualifying on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n
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