Former F1 driver says Bottas conspiracy theories are impossible
Aug.4 - A former F1 driver has dismissed suggestions Valtteri Bottas may have deliberately taken out both Red Bulls at the first corner in Hungary.
There is no doubt the Finn's mistake contributed greatly to allowing his Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton to race past Max Verstappen in the world championship.
It has also put Red Bull-Honda in a compromised position with regards to its engine strategy for the rest of the 2021 season, with penalties for both Verstappen and his teammate Sergio Perez now likely.
But former F1 driver Christijan Albers said he doubts Bottas did it all on purpose.
"It's almost impossible to do something like that, actually," the Dutchman told De Telegraaf.
"Bottas can't just plan to make a bad start and then get into the perfect position to go bowling like that," he added.
"Besides, I don't think Mercedes would allow those sorts of tricks to be used right now. I think it would only ever happen at the end of the season.
"So the people with the conspiracy theories should just stop," the former Minardi driver insisted. "In this case, their stories don't make any sense."
However, another former F1 driver and now top Dutch F1 GP official, Jan Lammers, says he can at least understand Red Bull's huge public frustration with the situation that unfolded both in Hungary and Silverstone.
"You have to understand how they are pretty annoyed about it," he told NOS.
"Mercedes has been like a bull in a China-shop for the last few races, bowling one Red Bull after another.
"I think with Horner, and especially Helmut Marko who always has his heart on his tongue, we can forgive them for not always coming out with the morally correct answer," Lammers added.
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That really does depend on which country you do the survey in, for eg Hasselt Belgium , they definitely do, or Stevenage UK , well they couldn't give a flying F..k to be honest .
Speaking for others, again.
id never speak for you though f1, your to special to me for that, how about the words then of the people that bought LH house in Stevenage when he signed for Mercedes, lets red what they have to say
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What absolute rubbish. I do not think Valtteri has pulled a dirty deed in his whole racing career. It can only be Red BS that promotes that stupid pathetic theory. You could review a lot of Max V's driving over the seasons and could come up with the same theory but then Max was driving for Red Bull and that comment would not appear.
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