Jaime Alguersuari h🃏as said his team-mate Sebastien Buemi was the one who was guilty of running into Nick Heidfeld in Sunday's F1 2011 opener in Australia, as pressure mounts on both of Toro Rosso men to justify their place at the pinnacle of the sport.

Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko has made no secret of t🌳he fact that Alguersuari and Buemi face competition for their seats from reserve driver Daniel Ricciardo and the two are now do🥃ing everything they can to try and ensure they are not the one to get the boot.

Indeed after only finishing 13th and also having collided with Mich𒁏ael Schumacher, Alguersuari has re🧸fused to take the blame for running into Nick Heidfeld.

"I hit with Schumacher, but for Heidfeld I am not responsible," Alguersuari told Germany's Auto Motor und Sport. "I was right behind and saw exactl🌌y what happened. Seb [Buemi - my team-mate] was in corner ten fighting with the Renault and he hit him at corner 11."

Alguersuari's comments come inꦜ the wake of criticism from Buemi𝓡 after the two touched on the opening lap.

"It's not too bad finishing tenth, after making it to Q3," Buemi said after the race, "but I think I could have done ꧅better, maybe an eighth or ninth place was possible.

"It's a shame that my team-mate and I made contact at the first corner. It's not the first time it h🅰as happened, so I think we will be having a chat about it after I've watched a recording of the incident!"

Heidfeld meanwhile, who had an awful weekend and who only finishe🔥d 12th after his car was quite severely damaged on the opening lap, wasn't sure which of the🐷 Toro Rosso's was responsible.

Furthermore with the incident not caught b𝔍y the TV cameras it seems it will remain a mystery.

"I would definitely have scored some points, but a Toro Rosso hit me in📖 turns 10 and 11 and I lost 1.5 seconds every lap [aft♔er that]," said Heidfeld.

Renault team boss Eric Boullier added: "Nick lost KERS and the balan🦩ce was affected [after the impact]."