Lia꧒m Lawson has been blamed for his ruckus with Sergio Perez by Helmut Marko.

Lawson is gunning to replace Perez in the Red Bull next year but has drawn the ire of Marko, the team’﷽s notoriou💎sly brutal chief.

RB driver Lawson, in just his second race since replacing Daniel Ricciardo at the F1 Mexico City Grand Prix, damaged𒉰 Perez’s car when they tangled.

Perez called Lawson “an idiot” viꦓa team radio, and the younger driver shot back a middle-finger gesture.

Marko said to ORF: “[It was] an unnecessary collision, where I seꦉe Lawson as bei🅰ng more to blame.”

Marko made it clear that he didn’t want to see aggressive driving between an RB and a Red Bul✃l driver.

“If it had been someone else, yes. ꩲBut not the sister team,” he stated.

Lawson reacted: “I don't think that's what Helmut likes. It's not my character, not s💙omething you should be doing."

He said about swearing at Perez: “It's obviously one of those in the moment things. He spent half the lap🎃 blocking me, trying to ruin my race, so I was upset.

“But it's not an excuse. I shouldn't have done it, and I apologཧise for that.”

Lawson claime♔d about their clash: “I left him space into (Turn) 4 and was coming in very, very late. Honestly, I tried to give him space.

“He drꦛove me off the track, and then he didn't give me space since Turn 5. So, you know, it's unfortunate about the tension, but I don't🌳 know where he wants me to go.”

Lawson’s contro𒈔versial race in Mexico City, where he finished 16th, adds another layer𒅌 of intrigue into whether he will replace Perez.

The stage is set f𝄹or him to impress in the RB enough to warrant becoming Max Verstappen’s teammate next year.

But irritating key decision-maker Marko in Mexico is noꦺt what Lawso🐟n will have hoped to do.