F1 Sao Paulo Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton blamed Max Verstappen for their clash
The Mercedes and Red Bull drivers made dramatic contact at Turn 1 shortly after the race resumed after a 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Safety Car.
Hamilton fumed via his team radio: “That was no racing inc🌺i𒉰dent, mate!”
Verstappen said to his team: "He didn't giv﷽e me space. Where did they expect me to go? He just closed the door. But it doesn't ma🌠tter."
Sky's Martin Brundle said: "I think Ma💧x earned the right to a little more space."
Verstappen needed to pit for🌼 a new front wing, coming off worse aft𝕴er the clash.
Hamilton was second, Verstappen third, at the time of contact behind 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell. But they both dropped down th🤡e order as a result.
Verstappen was given a five🎉-second time penalty for the incident.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Daniel Ricciardo and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Kevin Magnussen had already crashꦚed out in the early exchanges, causing the Safety Car.
Mercedes teammates told to race each other
Russell asked via his team radio, while he was ahead of Hamilto𓆉n: "What are we doing? Are we racing? Or secur🐎ing the one-two."
The reply was: "You are raci𝕴ng. Just be respectful."
Russell eventually held off 🧸Hamilton to win the race, and lead a Mercedes 1-2. It was the team🎶's first victory of 2022.
Ja🌌mes was a sports 🌌journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
