Hughes after Monaco crash with Beckmann: "To be honest, the penalty could have been more"

For David Beckmann, the "double header" in Monaco was a weekend to forget. After being involved in a three-car accident with Antonio Felix da Costa and Edoardo Mortara in Saturday's race, he suffered a similar fate in Sunday's race. After the E-Prix, he was gutted - but his rival Jake Hughes took the blame.

When braking for turn 1, Hughes locked his tyres and crashed into the rear of Beckmann, causing the German to slide straight into the run-off area. The contact also resulted in a puncture, meaning that Beckmann had to complete the lap at low pace and then come into the pits to change his tyres.

"We used the Attack Mode relatively early, which was positive," Beckmann told e-Formula.news, looking back on the race. "We drove up to 14th place. In the first corner, Jake locked his tyres and crashed into me. As a result, I immediately had a puncture and had to pit. After that, the race was over", the Cupra Kiro driver summarised the scene in frustration.

Beckmann criticises tyres & race control: "That's really dangerous"

When we asked him why he was unable to catch up with the field despite the safety car, he also had some strong words to say: "These tyres are simply not made for the rain. That was really dangerous! In the past, there have already been accidents when catching up."

"I don't understand why the safety car doesn't stay out for three or four laps so that you don't have to push to the limit to catch up with the field," the 24-year-old also criticises race control. "I drove almost flat-out under the safety car and still didn't manage to catch up with the field."

Hughes: "I ruined the race for him"

Jake Hughes accepts the blame for Beckmann's tyre damage without any backtalk: "That was my mistake. I was in Attack Mode and overtook Pascal (Wehrlein). I thought I had more space on the outside because David was more in the centre of the track."

"He then pulled to the left because of the upcoming corner, which is why I had to brake a bit harder and locked all my wheels," the Briton continues at e-Formula.news. "I touched him slightly and ruined the race for him. I got a 5-second penalty for that, which to be honest could have been more."

Beckmann now has two weeks to process the messed-up weekend in Monaco and prepare for the next "double header" of Formula E, which will take place in Tokyo on 17 and 18 May.