News Details

Bottas-Verstappen collision caused by Hamilton's pit stop

Valtteri Bottas may have been able to salvage third place after pitting an extra time at the Monaco Grand Prix, but it has been revealed that Lewis Hamilton may have been responsible in part for the pit lane incident between the Finn and Max Verstappen. Verstappen was given a five-second penalty for an unsafe release after a coming together between him and Bottas in the pit lane when they both pitted under the safety car. Bottas was forced to pit again and changed to the hard tyres, whilst Verstappen chased down Lewis Hamilton. When the Mercedes team double stacked their drivers they weren't expecting the crash of Bottas and Verstappen but it may have been caused by the eventual race...
Full Story »
6y ago from GPBlog.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Verstappen additionally punished for Bottas pit-lane...

Max Verstappen was given penalty points on his super licence over his...
6y ago from GPFans.com

Bottas: Verstappen collision defined my race

Monaco Grand Prix – Valtteri Bottas was left to rue a pit lane...
6y ago from FormulaSpy.com

Valtteri Bottas disappointed by race regression

Valtteri Bottas expressed disappointment at his Monaco Grand Prix result,...
6y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Listen: Max Verstappen's unheard team radio from the...

Max Verstappen was busy catching and trying to pass Lewis Hamilton towards...
6y ago from GPBlog.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Jonathan Rea explains why ‘mental management’ will...

Jonathan Rea believes Toprak Razgatlioglu's chances of success in MotoGP...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Kalle Rovanpera returns to WRC with Subaru

Double WRC Champion Kalle Rovanpera is set to return to the WRC next year...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Mikel Arteta provides fitness update on 3 Arsenal...

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has provided a fitness update on Noni Madueke,...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.com

'Really good news' – Mikel Arteta provides...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has provided a positive injury update on Noni...
6h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Carabao Cup final pain will only make Arsenal better,...

Arsenal must learn the lessons from their Carabao Cup final loss to Man...
5h ago from SkySports.com

Comments

Hottest News

FIA approve new race after F1 cancellations

The FIA have announced a change in one of their... Read More »
4h ago from GPFans.com

F1 'doesn't need' Max Verstappen - legend claps back

A former F1 racer has suggested that the sport... Read More »
1h ago from GPFans.com

BBC's Max Verstappen interview broke F1 guidelines

Sometimes breaking the rules is a good thing and... Read More »
2h ago from GPFans.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.