Toto Wolff refused to blame either Lewis Hamilton or Nico Rosberg for the collision which took both drivers out of the Spanish Grand Prix.
Hamilton and Rosberg dramatically crashed out of the first lap in Spain as the world champion tried to re-pass the German for the lead on the run down to Turn 4. After the incident both drivers, Wolff, technical chief Paddy Lowe and Niki Lauda were seen walking in to the Mercedes motorhome.
After the meeting Wolff said he wanted to wait for the verdict of the stewards, who will be investigating the incident after the race.
"We spoke to both drivers, it's not a clear cut..." Wolff said. "Very difficult situation for the team. We've lost 43 points after a huge effort in the last couple of weeks but we let the driver's race and sometimes this is what happens. The stewards are going to make a decision on how they see it. In our opinion not to want to blame entirely, let's see."
When reminded Lauda had blamed Hamilton for driving aggressively, Wolff said: "Yeah Niki has from his driver's perspective, he has an opinion and this is his instinct and it's fair enough that he has that but if you look at the data and when you have the discussions with the drivers it's maybe different.
"It's a very difficult situation and they are both pretty upset, they know about the effort and of course they have their perspective and we need to talk with them again, look at the pictures, look at the data and any under circumstances avoid this happening in the future."