Unaware of Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas who was standing behind him, Lando Norris blamed him for causing the carnage at the Hungarian Grand Prix in the first lap
Mercedes and crashes are going hand in glove at the moment. Just when the embers of Lewis Hamilton bundling into Max Verstappen at the British Grand Prix were dying and the bruhaha around the misdemeanour looked to be settling, Valtteri Bottas managed to once again bring the team into the limelight.
Valtteri Bottas Causes Behemoth Crash At The F1 Hungarian GP
With inclement weather making its presence known at the Hungarian Grand Prix, Sunday’s race was always going to make for an intriguing affair. And it ended up offering its biggest takeaway right from lap one as a gargantuan carnage ended up rendering a string of racers redundant on the day.
Valtteri Bottas ended up ruining the race right in the first lap itself as he lost control of his car. He ended up ploughing into Lando Norris who subsequently crashed into Red Bull’s Max Verstappen to see a red-flag period be enforced to get the house in order.
Valtteri Bottas, Lando Norris, Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc all ended up retiring in the first half itself whilst Max Verstappen sustained colossal damage. And Lando Norris was far from pleased with what had happened as he minced no words in tearing into Bottas.
Lando Norris Lashes Out At Valtteri Bottas For His Role In The Crash At The Hungarian Grand Prix
Hitting out at the Mercedes driver for such a risky maneuver, Norris questioned the need for the move in the first lap itself. However, what he didn’t know was that Bottas was standing right behind him as he berated him.
NOT LANDO SAYING IT WAS BOTTAS HIS FAULT RIGHT WHEN BOTTAS WAS BEHIND HIM 😭😭😭 HIS FACE SAYS IT ALL pic.twitter.com/iyyGLMAQle
— Renée 💫 (@racecarrenee) August 1, 2021
Bottas went onto interrupt Norris in the midst of his interview with the two exchanging words before Norris looked sheepishly into the camera.
“On lap one, I don’t know why that has to happen and why risk doing those kinds of stupid things but nothing I could do. I was second,” Norris said after his race was ended prematurely. He had gotten off to an electric start as he powered past both Verstappen and Hamilton in the opening exchanges.