A racing wheel flies off the McLaren of Lando Norris after he made contact with fellow driver Oscar Piastri at the start of the US GP sprint race.
McLaren F1 team bosses Brown and Stella attributed competitors for the crash between Piastri and Norris at the start of the United States Grand Prix sprint event.
The Australian driver, ahead of Norris in the standings by 22 points, crashed into his team-mate after making contact with the Hulkenberg.
The incident forced out both McLaren drivers from the race, along with Aston Martin's Alonso, who was on the inside of the Sauber driver.
Zak Brown, the team's CEO, stated to broadcasters that some of the driving at the front was "inexperienced", adding: "Obviously Hulkenberg drove into Oscar and he had no reason being where he was."
The team team principal Stella stated: "Our feeling is that we are disappointed that we were denied the opportunity to compete."
"It is unexpected that some drivers with a lot of expertise fail to act with necessary care. Enter the first corner, make sure you don't damage competitors and carry on."
McLaren suggested that the team principal was pointing to both Hulkenberg and Alonso.
However, 1996 world champion Hill, providing analysis for BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra, said he believed the Australian had not shown enough awareness of the dangers of the opening turn of an F1 race when he chose to move inside to try to overtake his teammate.
Piastri had a better start than the Briton and initially challenged on the outside on the ascending approach to the corner.
But he then moved inside in an attempt to get a advantage on Norris on the way out, only to collide with Hulkenberg.
Piastri said: "Less than perfect but I did not see what happened, I tried to move inside on Norris and we were both quite distant from the apex and then were struck and it sent me into Norris. Unfortunate."
His teammate said: "I just was struck, right? I was not at fault. Behind us events unfolded and I just was unfortunate and got hit because of it. I don't know. I need to review a bit more carefully. It's more people behind just being a bit careless and we are the consequence of that."
The Aston Martin driver said: "At one point I thought I was in the correct position on the inside, but some cars came very quickly from the outside changing direction and then I was there in the center."
The Sauber driver, who had qualified a season-best fourth, said: "Big frustrations. All the good work from yesterday in the trash. Just chaotic."
"Piastri steered inward pretty forcefully trying to get the inside line and exit of the first corner but I can't just disappear."
"I had Alonso challenge on the inner side and I couldn't see him any more. I wanted to provide room for him and then Piastri steered inward and the collision was inevitable."
The team will review the incident with their racers but only after the event weekend. Both cars needed extensive work before grand prix qualifying at 10 PM BST on the weekend.
Stella said: "In general displeased but we take it on the chin, we are now concentrating on fixing the cars, there is a lot to do and then we will resume the event from there."
"We are in a competitive place from our performance point of view so I hope we have the possibility to compete, race normally and capitalise on our performance."
"The points are the most important thing, I prefer not to talk about mal-intent, just prudence. A bit more prudence would be good for everyone."
The sprint event was won by Red Bull's Verstappen, who closed in on both team racers in the championship - he is now fifty-five points behind Piastri and 33 behind of Norris.
The team boss said: "The implication is what the maths show - we missed out on eight championship points with both racers, but we focus on ourselves. We have a very competitive vehicle and two strong drivers. We look forward to just some standard competition."
Verstappen said he was taking the championship race by race.
United States Grand Prix
October 17-19, with race from 8 PM BST on the final day
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