News Details
Mercedes believe a 1-2 was on without Bottas/Verstappen contact
Mercedes believe that a one-two finish at Monza was possible had Valtteri Bottas not had contact with Max Verstappen. The Finn was looking to take advantage of his fresh tyres and get past the Red Bull until Verstappen came across Bottas in the braking zone at turn one, sending the Mercedes down the escape road. Bottas was then held up behind the Red Bull unable or unwilling to pass as the Dutchman was handed a five-second penalty for the contact. Had he gotten past Verstappen, a limping Raikkonen may have been at Bottas' mercy. “Max is difficult to get past at the best of times and in that circumstance when we’d seen that we just didn’t have the straight-line speed and...
Full Story »
Full Story »
7y ago from GPBlog.com
0
You May Also Be Interested In...
Max Verstappen disagrees with penalty in Bottas in...
Max Verstappen disagrees with the five-second penalty handed down to him...
7y ago from MotorsportWeek.com
Mercedes: Monza 1-2 possible without Verstappen contact
Mercedes believes it could have ended up with a one-two finish at the...
7y ago from Crash.net
Verstappen receives 2 penalty points after...
Red Bull's Max Verstappen has received two penalty points on his racing...
7y ago from GPBlog.com
Verstappen: It's not fair
After an action-packed Italian Grand Prix, Red Bull driver Max...
7y ago from GrandPrix247.com
Elsewhere On The Network
Popular On MGPToday.com
MotoGP announces Qatar round postponed until November
MotoGP has confirmed that Qatar's 10-12 April slot will be moved to 6-8...
22h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...
MotoGP postpones Qatar GP to November due to Middle...
No description available...
22h ago from Motorsport.com
MotoGP working on rescheduling Qatar GP amid Iran war
No description available...
1d ago from Motorsport.com
Popular On IndyCarToday.com
Rough and tumble weekend dampens Josef Newgarden’s...
Josef Newgarden came into IndyCar's Arlington GP weekend on a high,...
8h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...
Kirkwood "currently the biggest threat" to...
No description available...
11h ago from Motorsport.com
Official race results: 2026 IndyCar Grand Prix of...
No description available...
14h ago from Motorsport.com
Alex Palou “never felt safe” during Grand Prix of...
No description available...
12h ago from Motorsport.com
Popular On TotalWRC.com
Why Takamoto Katsuta’s long-awaited first WRC win...
No description available...
14h ago from Motorsport.com
“Proud” Ott Tanak, Kalle Rovanpera lead praise of...
No description available...
18h ago from Motorsport.com
WRC Safari Rally Kenya: Takamoto Katsuta scores...
No description available...
20h ago from Motorsport.com
Taka-San: King of Kenya
At the 94th time of asking, Takamoto Katsuta and co-driver Aaron Johnston...
20h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...
Popular On GunnersToday.com
Report: Arsenal join race for 70 million centre-back...
Arsenal have reportedly joined a growing list of clubs interested in RB...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com
We can just enjoy it, Mikel Arteta has to think about...
Morning all. How was your Sunday? Did you watch the replays again? And...
1h ago from Arseblog.com
John Terry claims Arsenal have a player who reminds...
John Terry has claimed that Arsenal wonderkid Max Dowman reminds him of...
9h ago from CaughtOffside.com
10 youngest goal scorers in Premier League as Arsenal...
On March 14, 2026, Arsenal prodigy Max Dowman etched his name into the...
11h ago from SportsKeeda.com
Comments
Hottest News
Lewis Hamilton podium isn't to be celebrated as Ferrari...
There were plenty of smiles on Lewis Hamilton's... Read More »
39m ago from GPFans.com
Verstappen says new F1 will ‘ruin the sport'
Mar.16 Max Verstappen has delivered his most... Read More »
1h ago from OneStopStrategy.com
Hamilton credits Ferrari ‘listening' for '26 revival
Mar.16 Lewis Hamilton says he is back to his... Read More »
1h ago from OneStopStrategy.com
