in fact, Botas should have reacted like Russell, but he acted like a human. Russell, trying to get rid of the guilt, acted like an asshole. Botas was driving the race line on a dry track and no one can blame him for that. There was room for a car on the right, but Russell skidded in the wet, the fault was on his side ... Botas was going to stop and say Russell please go, do you have an empty track?
Bottas was on the racing line. As a racer, being in front of someone you are never going to let someone just drive by especially when off line is damp. Bottas moved to the left as Russell was beside Bottas. There was room to get by but at that speed with drs going of line on a kink straight in the damp with grass on the edge is brave. Russell made a mistake. If it’s not Russell’s fault he is 60% at fault to Bottas 40%
My thoughts too... Red flag or SC wrapped in "race incident", so Hamilton can recover. Interesting, it came seconds after Mercedes was sure Rainmaster can continue the race. Bottas earned every penny in his wingman contract. Luckily for him Mercedes is big name and he couldn't get perma-ban like Piquet jr.
That crash was brutal. Hamilcar plays in the gravel, then Russell and Valterri collide, Schumacher and Raikkonen almost collided avoiding it, wth is this race
@@cemcemraikko3211 u need some glasses man, bottas clearly turn right just before russel is overtaking him, bottas was waiting with is middle finger up
100% Russel’s fault. I love the guy but here it’s a no brainer. Anyone who understands racing lines would see that. The fact that the dry racing line led to the right in preparation for a left-hander makes this clear.
@@Hello_there_obi ye i agree but still remember that if he left more space like norris did nothing like that going to happend + hamilton would be out of the podium
@@dimitrizz21 Norris was obliged to let hamilton past and hamilton could have done it anywhere. Hamilton took that on the chin as his mistake and norris said he was trying to let hamilton go as soon as he could. Completely different situation and rules to those that exist when two cars are racing and one is going for an overtake. Bottas had the racing line. Bottas was following said line. The line was made even more clear by the fat it was the dry patch of the track. This line clearly drifts right in advance of the left-hander. Bottas followed the line to line up for the right hander and still left plenty of space. Russel committed and over-reacted with his steering input and was too far to the right of the track. Bottas did not squeeze him. There was well over a metre between them. Russel’s over-reaction caused his tires to hit the grass and spin up. Russel crashed into Bottas. Bottas did not touch Russel. When you are overtaking, and the defending driver moves within his rights (which Bottas clearly did), the fault is completely on the one who made the move. This will probably go down as a racing incident because shit like this happens. But Russel acted out like Bottas was to blame. What I’m trying to say is that whilst this may be a racing incident (and thats fine - i dont want to discourage racing), in reality, if anyone is to blame, it’s Russel. Even if it was an error and misjudgement and not intentional recklessness. It was his move that caused the crash and his move was poorly executed. He spooked way to far to the right and did not have ownership of the racing line. If you were to analyse who made the mistake, it can only be Russel. Bottas was on line and left plenty of room.
@Drag00nas couldve fit a motogp bike thru that gap. Russel had the time to correct, he did correct, then realised that he didnt correct enough, slammed on the brakes while recorrecting, spun right into the merc. Very immature of Russel to react in such a manner, his radio message kinda figured he realised his mistake.
Yeah so much room for another... 10 meters? There were two possible events: Russell dodging → collision or Russell stayin in lane → collision. The only ways to prevent that crash were Bottas moving left or Russell hardbraking - just because Vallerie tried to close the door on a damn tight track.
@@JoeTheNSA that’s not right - Russell was on the power when the car slid onto the grass... you can hear the rears break traction and spin up... as soon as he had to steer over onto the wet bit this was going to be the result...
No, look at Russels left Front and how close he passes Bottas right rear, he literally couldn’t have been closer to Bottas. Bottas just drove straight even though the Track Bends there which caused the incident.
@@arnoldsalenbacher2594 so? Track limits are marked by white lines, not "dry racing line". Russel had more then a cars width to pass bottas, bot he got onto the white line and lost grip.
As soon as Russell pulls out, his car gets a bucket load of additional downforce causing it to bottom out on the bargeboard, which happens immediately as he changes direction. This is why he loses traction and drops it .
@@channelforstream6196 I can only imagine that the car would become a handful in that moment, and maybe start to bounce or oscillate. Combined with a drying track, the narrowing high-speed turn and the additional loads caused by the change in direction for the pass - this all combines into a very high-risk manoeuvre. Valterri didn't give him any extra room, but he didn't do anything wrong either. If Russell could do it again, and why shouldn't he, he would benefit by pulling out sooner so the car settles down from the change in downforce.
Watch it in x0.25 , bottas got a slight movement which actually caused George to run on the grass and spun. George tried to react to not running on it but it’s too late.
not really. It looks like it but Russels car basically wedged itself really hard into the side pod of Bottas' Mercedes. If the car did lift and go over it would've definitely hit him in the head though, so the halo would've definitely saved him there...
From Kimi's car it looks like Russells car has a failure before he looses it. I know that huge sparks sometimes fly from bottoming out, but here it starts small and gradually gets really bad right before he looses it. Just a detail i noticed...
No it’s just a racing incident that wasn’t Russell’s fault bottas pushed him to the wet and grass he can’t just magic up some grip, but bottas has right to defend but pushed him slightly too far
0:50 Some very clear squeezing going on here... People are talking about ''the dry line'' well why would Bottas put two wheels on the wet and then dart left? Why did Bottas even move right? You can SEE the line in the video, Bottas goes OFF the dry* line to squeeze Russell....
Was he supposed to just stay in his place, basically invite George to pass him? There was just enough room for Russell to squeeze by. The problem was George overreacting slightly and getting a wheel on the grass.
Stop the video and click(0:15) thats the space Bottas left for Russel(actually at this point Bottas started moving left so the gap is tighter a lil') That is really small at 300kph+
@@sFde46 I've never said that its not ok by rules. They both made mistakes but its a lil more on bottas, Russel had almost no chance avoid the crash, but Bottas had way more. Also you can see that Bottas tried to give him more space after he realized, but its late.
Overtake? Russel took an over-optimistic driving line on wet and lost control. It reminds me of myself "overtaking" accidentally because I missed the braking point, getting in P1 for 0.1 seconds, just to crash the wall in Forza 7.
@@HumblePainter albon was a pretty bad driver to start with. and lando..he seems to have more potential than other young drivers. It doesnt really matter what you achieved before f1.
how is it even a question? russell obviously at fault. shitty behavior hitting bottas afterwards also. no regard for injury. doubling down on it post race aswell. not a good look
If you watch the race at .25 speed you can clearly see Bottas drifted to the right of the track and Russell ran wide off the racing line and got crossed up and crashed into Bottas. But interesting why there is so many sparks coming off Russell’s car just before the crash. Why the Williams had so much pace compared to the Mercedes is interesting unless Bottas had a problem with his car. Both are at fault really in this incident.
No he flicked it slightly right in reaction to bottas coming across. You can clearly see his hands straight, and he only reacts as bottas appears to be coming across his nose.
Russell fault, he loose the control of his car. But this is not against him or his talent because he deserves to have the seat for mercedes in 2022. But this time his reaction was stupid. Hope my english is good (hello to french people here)
It’s not dirty if it’s within the rules. It is perfectly legal to squeeze another driver, as long as you leave just enough room for him. That’s exactly what Bottas did. He knew that part of the circuit is wet and George will have less grip, so he moved to force him on the wet patch. What he didn’t expect was that Russell will overreact and go on the grass. Amd the rest, as they say, is history
The way mercedes as a team, and both drivers act, its like watching a 12 year old on F1 2020 who just can't stand that you passed him. Even clear passing zones turn into wreck avoidance zones because they just can't stand to be overtaken....
Why did Bottas move right at all...? Russell had massive overspeed... puts him onto a slippery bit of the track and they both fall into the lap of the gods... racing incident... but Bottas shouldn’t have been anywhere near a Williams frankly...
Bottas drove on racing line, that is moving to the right (Just look how Kimi drive). 0:50 there was enough space to overtake, but Russel touched the grass...
Bottas made an aggressive move, Russell reacted and put one wheel on the wet grass. We can only assume Russel was going to Bottas to see if he was ok, and maybe ask why he moved like that. Bottas response was to flick him off. So Russell smacked him on the helmet as if to say "sure thing bud".
Nah, Bottas didn't see Russell at first and gave space a bit too late. But also Russell was pushing too hard at that situation, his tires got to the grass and he lost the control of his car and crashed to Bottas. Both made mistakes and it caused an accident, don't know if you can blame either of them.
@@diegocortes8371 Bottas was on the racing line as he was the first one in the corner and moved 30cm of the r line to the right. There was almost a meter between two of them and as you can see george wasn't even turning his steering wheel to the left to try to close the gap
*Obviously, the vast majority of people judging the situation have no clue what's going on because they don't have sufficient relevant experience/understanding. Although Valtteri technically left one car width on the track, he made it IMPOSSIBLE for George to stay on the track without aborting the pass. The problem is that George entered the gap between Valtteri and the wet white line from the left (not parallel with the edge of the track) AND he had to maintain sufficient distance from Valtteri (which is INCOMPARABLY more difficult to judge from the cockpit than from a camera placed FAR above and FAR behind the driver's actual view). On a dry track, the chance would be better (but still a VERY tricky situation). In these conditions, it was impossible to keep the car on the track without pulling out of the gap. People have to realise this was at high speed on a drying track. When George already had his front left wheel precisely alongside Valtteri's rear right wheel, Valtteri still had his front right wheel fully to the left of the pit exit line. Then Valtteri kept moving to the right further ~0.5 metre. George had ABSOLUTELY no chance to keep the car under control because he could only try to make the car go parallel with the edge of the track AFTER seeing Valtteri no longer moving to the right. Because of the 0.2 s reaction time, the steering correction HAD TO come too late. The bottom line is that Valtteri moved in a way that made a collision inevitable = Valtteri CAUSED the collision. But since he was punished hard enough by the DNF, it should be judged as a racing incident. Still, it was Valtteri's fault and drivers should be instructed by the FIA to avoid such actions. This would be expected from a semi-rookie "2016 Max", not a seasoned "2021 Valtteri".*
it was russel who caused the accident because he knew he was going to be driving on wet. Did you say Bottas would give Russel a dry place ?????????? Are you kidding yourself or what?
The mercs just can't stand to be passed lmao. They either wreck someone, or run them off track. It's actually hilarious how many d riders defend them and ride that bandwagon. It's always everyone else's fault.....
70-30 fault. Russell had enough room if the track was dry but you can hear his tyres spin before he touches the grass so it was the damp track that caused the spin. There was nothing he could have done to save it. Bottas defended to aggressive for the conditions, he knew only one car could make it so he parked his car right before Russell going 300 km/h and way faster than him. There was nothing to defend.. Russell next to him was going to get Russell spinning, if Russell needs to slam his brakes he would be spinning too or lock up and rear-end Bottas. Both at fault but Bottas caused it all to unfold, plus really... Mercedes getting passed by a Williams..?
From the Alpha Romeo car behind you can clearly see how much Bottas steered towards Russel. Clearly very dangerous behaviour form Bottas, as Russel had much overspeed. This was frustration with both drivers. Bottas performing very badly as always and Russel driving on the same spot on the track with a vastly inferior car, he deserves that Mercedes seat. Bottas in the second seat will deliver Max his first championship this year, because Bottas cannot keep up for strategy with the Red Bull drivers.
@@theraomaN Nah you could hear it in Bottas's voice in the interview, "Idk what he was doing?" Well bro your slow ass is in the way their not just gonna try and get around you, he just couldn't handle russell beating him last year in a merc and now in a Williams 😉😉😂
@@theraomaN Bottas p10 in a Merc getting past by Russell in a Williams, Bottas is shit cause we know what the other car did P2 where's Bottas on that battle? Oh wait he sucks he's at the back of the pack fighting a Williams and chasing a Alpha 😂😂
Who do you think is at fault?
Bottas
Russel. His right front wheel touch grass and he lost control. He has enough space to stay on track.
@@diegocortes8371 CLEARLY U DIDNT USE UR BRAIN BEFORE COMMENTING RIGHT
@@muhdfadzlee5953 let russel fanboys blame bottas my opinion it was racing incident tho
russell, he had enough space. the fact is he cant even drive and people still praise him. too many mistakes.
Friendly reminder that a Williams almost overtook a Mercedes here
As toretto said "You never had me "
Friendly reminder that George bottled a potential points finish at Imola for the 2nd year in a row.
@@NB-qr2rt :) Pain
Friendly update... Williams finished in front of both of the Mercedes
Friendly reminder that when you have a worn engine, bad tires and no drs you can be catched by a bicycle
in fact, Botas should have reacted like Russell, but he acted like a human. Russell, trying to get rid of the guilt, acted like an asshole.
Botas was driving the race line on a dry track and no one can blame him for that. There was room for a car on the right, but Russell skidded in the wet, the fault was on his side ...
Botas was going to stop and say Russell please go, do you have an empty track?
Bottas was on the racing line. As a racer, being in front of someone you are never going to let someone just drive by especially when off line is damp. Bottas moved to the left as Russell was beside Bottas. There was room to get by but at that speed with drs going of line on a kink straight in the damp with grass on the edge is brave. Russell made a mistake. If it’s not Russell’s fault he is 60% at fault to Bottas 40%
Nicely summed up.
Toto to bottas " give us a red flag for hamilton "
Russell caused Hamilton to go off track in the first place.
My thoughts too...
Red flag or SC wrapped in "race incident", so Hamilton can recover.
Interesting, it came seconds after Mercedes was sure Rainmaster can continue the race.
Bottas earned every penny in his wingman contract.
Luckily for him Mercedes is big name and he couldn't get perma-ban like Piquet jr.
That crash was brutal. Hamilcar plays in the gravel, then Russell and Valterri collide, Schumacher and Raikkonen almost collided avoiding it, wth is this race
This race was so exciting to watch and lando is p3 in the championship so happy for him
Hamilcar
Awokawok “Hamilcar”
After the crash, Russel slaps Bottas’ helmet(seat :)); Bottas gives a middle finger ::)))
it is stupid of russell to do so when he is the one who caused the accident.
Let the GeOrGe fanboys rant about Bottas
Norris replaces Russell. He is humble and as fast as Russell.
@@amblient u need to grow up a bit :)
@@cemcemraikko3211 u need some glasses man, bottas clearly turn right just before russel is overtaking him, bottas was waiting with is middle finger up
100% Russel’s fault. I love the guy but here it’s a no brainer. Anyone who understands racing lines would see that. The fact that the dry racing line led to the right in preparation for a left-hander makes this clear.
1 dry line both slicks boths fault
@@dimitrizz21 im sorry what? Whos line was it? Bottas’. Not his fault at all.
@@Hello_there_obi ye i agree but still remember that if he left more space like norris did nothing like that going to happend + hamilton would be out of the podium
@@dimitrizz21 Norris was obliged to let hamilton past and hamilton could have done it anywhere. Hamilton took that on the chin as his mistake and norris said he was trying to let hamilton go as soon as he could. Completely different situation and rules to those that exist when two cars are racing and one is going for an overtake.
Bottas had the racing line.
Bottas was following said line.
The line was made even more clear by the fat it was the dry patch of the track. This line clearly drifts right in advance of the left-hander.
Bottas followed the line to line up for the right hander and still left plenty of space.
Russel committed and over-reacted with his steering input and was too far to the right of the track.
Bottas did not squeeze him. There was well over a metre between them.
Russel’s over-reaction caused his tires to hit the grass and spin up.
Russel crashed into Bottas.
Bottas did not touch Russel.
When you are overtaking, and the defending driver moves within his rights (which Bottas clearly did), the fault is completely on the one who made the move.
This will probably go down as a racing incident because shit like this happens. But Russel acted out like Bottas was to blame. What I’m trying to say is that whilst this may be a racing incident (and thats fine - i dont want to discourage racing), in reality, if anyone is to blame, it’s Russel. Even if it was an error and misjudgement and not intentional recklessness. It was his move that caused the crash and his move was poorly executed. He spooked way to far to the right and did not have ownership of the racing line.
If you were to analyse who made the mistake, it can only be Russel. Bottas was on line and left plenty of room.
You can see from Kimis car it was Russells own fault.. there was plenty of room.. but he went on the grass
@Drag00nas russels fault
@Drag00nas maybe f1 is wrong place if u cannot drive 300kmh
@@thekingwolf0331 racing insident
@Drag00nas you watch it again. He had plenty of space. Watch it again, please. We are now 3 that tell you the same thing. 3 against 1.
@@george1449 nope BOTTAS kept on moving to the right can you see?
Russell u still had enough passage there unfortunately u chose the grass
russell didnothing wrong...it was bottas fault just for the space
@@user-wf7wp5fy5c there is plenty space there... what are u even on about? literally 2 cars can easily be side by side.
@@e36fanatics it's not for defending russel, but bottas also had enough room to the left to let him pass safely
@@gmarco27 1 dry line both slicks boths fault
@@dimitrizz21 I agree
Bottas might have startled George by moving over but Russel still had easily enough room to get it done
he went on the grass i think that literally means he didnt have enough room
@@fastflowers8850 he had an extra meter gap between him and Bottas
@Drag00nas couldve fit a motogp bike thru that gap. Russel had the time to correct, he did correct, then realised that he didnt correct enough, slammed on the brakes while recorrecting, spun right into the merc. Very immature of Russel to react in such a manner, his radio message kinda figured he realised his mistake.
Yeah so much room for another... 10 meters? There were two possible events: Russell dodging → collision or Russell stayin in lane → collision.
The only ways to prevent that crash were Bottas moving left or Russell hardbraking - just because Vallerie tried to close the door on a damn tight track.
@@JoeTheNSA that’s not right - Russell was on the power when the car slid onto the grass... you can hear the rears break traction and spin up... as soon as he had to steer over onto the wet bit this was going to be the result...
Bottas left enough space. Russell made a big mistake.
No. Watch the video with 0.25 playback speed; Bottas moved to the right at the wrong time.
No, look at Russels left Front and how close he passes Bottas right rear, he literally couldn’t have been closer to Bottas. Bottas just drove straight even though the Track Bends there which caused the incident.
russell got scared when bottas moved right + they were driving 300+kmh thats why he got into the grass
@@dimitrizz21 russel didn't got onto the grass. The car started to spin, when the front wheel went onto the white line.
@@sFde46 the rear Wheel is wider than the front so the rear was actually in the grass
Russel had enough space to stay on the track.
But there was only one dry line on track and both drivers had slicks on - there was no dry space for both of them.
@@arnoldsalenbacher2594 then what
@@arnoldsalenbacher2594 still it is his fault..
@@arnoldsalenbacher2594 so? Track limits are marked by white lines, not "dry racing line". Russel had more then a cars width to pass bottas, bot he got onto the white line and lost grip.
love the finger of bottas in russell after crushing hahahahahahahahahahahaba
Fins like one word or one finger responses
As soon as Russell pulls out, his car gets a bucket load of additional downforce causing it to bottom out on the bargeboard, which happens immediately as he changes direction. This is why he loses traction and drops it .
Yeah this looks about right you can see the sparks when he pulls out
@@channelforstream6196 I can only imagine that the car would become a handful in that moment, and maybe start to bounce or oscillate. Combined with a drying track, the narrowing high-speed turn and the additional loads caused by the change in direction for the pass - this all combines into a very high-risk manoeuvre.
Valterri didn't give him any extra room, but he didn't do anything wrong either.
If Russell could do it again, and why shouldn't he, he would benefit by pulling out sooner so the car settles down from the change in downforce.
I was looking for a sensible knowledgeable answer and I found it, thank you sir.
Russell fault all the way, valtery can't do anything.
1 dry line both slicks boths fault
@@dimitrizz21 bottas had worn slicks and needed to take the dry line, gayssell fault
Watch it in x0.25 , bottas got a slight movement which actually caused George to run on the grass and spun. George tried to react to not running on it but it’s too late.
Yes you can see it on the Raikkonen's camera
He moved because he was going trough the kink to the left
1:15
Bottas : "fuck u"
Russel : "i like ur cut G"
This was Georges fault
1 dry line both slicks boths fault
100% Future champ zero points in Williams Russel Fault.
George had made up 4 seconds on Bottas since turn 7 -- how long is he expected to sit behind him? -- Bottas was snail slow.
The Russel tyre almost hit Bottas's head.
not really. It looks like it but Russels car basically wedged itself really hard into the side pod of Bottas' Mercedes. If the car did lift and go over it would've definitely hit him in the head though, so the halo would've definitely saved him there...
@@dansands6363 Yes, I know but the tyre hits halo after the side of the car
From Kimi's car it looks like Russells car has a failure before he looses it. I know that huge sparks sometimes fly from bottoming out, but here it starts small and gradually gets really bad right before he looses it.
Just a detail i noticed...
YES YES I saw that too ...... very interesting
Russell's fault, he just got scared. He thought that he would not have taken place.
Russell fault. He actually have enough space but he touched the grass
bottas fault..
No it’s just a racing incident that wasn’t Russell’s fault bottas pushed him to the wet and grass he can’t just magic up some grip, but bottas has right to defend but pushed him slightly too far
there was only 1 dry line both on slicks boths fault
Bottas. Most passive driver ever.
0:17 just halo
Russell's fault. But the British F1 media will defend and protect him because he's British.
George almost forced his way into a Mercedes seat
Halo saved the life of Bottas.
So Russell was faster than Bottas? Wow racing..
His car was faster...
Why are they out there with slicks in the rain. It should have been a restart after rains on.
Who the hell would go punch a guy who has drove into barriers 200kmh?
russel.
Seems like you've never raced
100% Bottas' fault, you don't move during an overtake.
lmao you do noob
@@ATTE22 :'(
Clear mistake of Russell... lousy driver with a lousy attitude.
1 dry line both on slicks boths fault
Sinivalkoisten lasien läpi katsottuna olen aivan samaa mieltä!
Russell definitely would’ve got his ass beat for tapping my helmet like that. Especially since he fucked up.
0:50 Some very clear squeezing going on here... People are talking about ''the dry line'' well why would Bottas put two wheels on the wet and then dart left? Why did Bottas even move right? You can SEE the line in the video, Bottas goes OFF the dry* line to squeeze Russell....
Was he supposed to just stay in his place, basically invite George to pass him? There was just enough room for Russell to squeeze by. The problem was George overreacting slightly and getting a wheel on the grass.
Stop the video and click(0:15) thats the space Bottas left for Russel(actually at this point Bottas started moving left so the gap is tighter a lil') That is really small at 300kph+
that's more than a cars width = o.k. by FIA rules.
@@sFde46 I've never said that its not ok by rules. They both made mistakes but its a lil more on bottas, Russel had almost no chance avoid the crash, but Bottas had way more.
Also you can see that Bottas tried to give him more space after he realized, but its late.
I think a bottle onboard that shows his wheel movement might help see if he actually sweetest of line
George or Valtteri for 2021? I guess this incident sums up the Mercedes driver spot audition for 2021
Can't get out of my head that Russell was actually about to overtake a Mercedes
WITH A WILLIAMS
Heartbreak 💔
lol your driver should learn how to overtake first.
Overtake? Russel took an over-optimistic driving line on wet and lost control. It reminds me of myself "overtaking" accidentally because I missed the braking point, getting in P1 for 0.1 seconds, just to crash the wall in Forza 7.
@@cemcemraikko3211 lmao Russel does know how to overtake I mean thanks to overtaking he won the F2 championship:l something landó nor Albon achieved
@@HumblePainter albon was a pretty bad driver to start with. and lando..he seems to have more potential than other young drivers. It doesnt really matter what you achieved before f1.
how is it even a question? russell obviously at fault. shitty behavior hitting bottas afterwards also. no regard for injury. doubling down on it post race aswell. not a good look
Im not even gonna say whos at fault here, if I do then the Russell fanboys would attack me
100% Russel´s fault.
If you watch the race at .25 speed you can clearly see Bottas drifted to the right of the track and Russell ran wide off the racing line and got crossed up and crashed into Bottas. But interesting why there is so many sparks coming off Russell’s car just before the crash. Why the Williams had so much pace compared to the Mercedes is interesting unless Bottas had a problem with his car.
Both are at fault really in this incident.
Melbourne 2016 crash on steroids
100% russells fault. there was enough space, he just underestimated the slight left-bend of the track.
No he flicked it slightly right in reaction to bottas coming across. You can clearly see his hands straight, and he only reacts as bottas appears to be coming across his nose.
100% Bottas' fault.
He already used the space but nobody can avoid from that grass
I think Ericsson hit them.
Russell fault, he loose the control of his car. But this is not against him or his talent because he deserves to have the seat for mercedes in 2022. But this time his reaction was stupid. Hope my english is good (hello to french people here)
00:14 y luego 00:15
I only see Bottas playing dirty
I only see bottas driving the dry line to avoid crashing into gayssell and possibly dying
It’s not dirty if it’s within the rules. It is perfectly legal to squeeze another driver, as long as you leave just enough room for him. That’s exactly what Bottas did. He knew that part of the circuit is wet and George will have less grip, so he moved to force him on the wet patch. What he didn’t expect was that Russell will overreact and go on the grass. Amd the rest, as they say, is history
Green Bottas VS Gekon Shitbox
Hanno fatto perdere il podio a Leclerc
Did bottas threw the wire on Russell.
Those are Russell's own wires connected to his helmet.
No, those are Russels radio wires. They are connected to his helmet. When he smacks bottas, his arm hits the wires and makes them fly around his neck.
OK. Thanks for clearing😋
Crofty with his pointless facts again.
The way mercedes as a team, and both drivers act, its like watching a 12 year old on F1 2020 who just can't stand that you passed him. Even clear passing zones turn into wreck avoidance zones because they just can't stand to be overtaken....
russell feeling he deserved the merc seat after his outing in one, last season
russell was close passing a merc car with the slowest on the grid
Funny Russel deserve Renault Twingo to practice..Mental Driver
I don't like Bottas but even so I think Russell's at fault here.
1 dry line both slicks boths fault
I find it kinda sus that Bottas has no Onboard view. He couldve tried to turn into Russell for all we know but theres no footage
Why did Bottas move right at all...? Russell had massive overspeed... puts him onto a slippery bit of the track and they both fall into the lap of the gods... racing incident... but Bottas shouldn’t have been anywhere near a Williams frankly...
True, especially Russel got DRS. Bottas should never push him off the track.
Bottas drove on racing line, that is moving to the right (Just look how Kimi drive). 0:50 there was enough space to overtake, but Russel touched the grass...
wtf was going on there?!?!?!
Bottas made an aggressive move, Russell reacted and put one wheel on the wet grass. We can only assume Russel was going to Bottas to see if he was ok, and maybe ask why he moved like that. Bottas response was to flick him off. So Russell smacked him on the helmet as if to say "sure thing bud".
@@nathanwho1384 russel didnt go to see if bottas was ok he went to ask what the fuck was bottas doing and bottas wasnt having it
@@nathanwho1384 ok thank you
@@e36fanatics lol
@@nathanwho1384 lmao your comment made me laugh good
Norriss for Mercedes seat. Duck Russell.
bottas didnt see russell after he saw him he gave space
I missed it, was it Bottas's fault?
It seems that he moves to the right very fast and russel moves too, then he lose control and crash. So, partially yes
Nah, Bottas didn't see Russell at first and gave space a bit too late. But also Russell was pushing too hard at that situation, his tires got to the grass and he lost the control of his car and crashed to Bottas. Both made mistakes and it caused an accident, don't know if you can blame either of them.
I think both made mistakes, but idk.
@@diegocortes8371 Bottas was on the racing line as he was the first one in the corner and moved 30cm of the r line to the right. There was almost a meter between two of them and as you can see george wasn't even turning his steering wheel to the left to try to close the gap
It seems like russell hit bottas
Russels fault. 100% He just hate Bottas becouse Bottas got a place in a Mercedes and Russel has not!!
If you’ve noticed Raikkonen’s onboard, Bottas was pretty much pushing george off the track.
no. the racing line is slowly moving to the right for the first corner.
@@KevinM0890 Russell was much faster and he got DRS open, to be fair Bottas shouldn’t push him off track as George was alongside Bottas.
@@paksonc9348 Russel had more than a cars width to pass PodBot'tas. Bottas left him more space, than the rules require.
*Obviously, the vast majority of people judging the situation have no clue what's going on because they don't have sufficient relevant experience/understanding. Although Valtteri technically left one car width on the track, he made it IMPOSSIBLE for George to stay on the track without aborting the pass. The problem is that George entered the gap between Valtteri and the wet white line from the left (not parallel with the edge of the track) AND he had to maintain sufficient distance from Valtteri (which is INCOMPARABLY more difficult to judge from the cockpit than from a camera placed FAR above and FAR behind the driver's actual view). On a dry track, the chance would be better (but still a VERY tricky situation). In these conditions, it was impossible to keep the car on the track without pulling out of the gap. People have to realise this was at high speed on a drying track. When George already had his front left wheel precisely alongside Valtteri's rear right wheel, Valtteri still had his front right wheel fully to the left of the pit exit line. Then Valtteri kept moving to the right further ~0.5 metre. George had ABSOLUTELY no chance to keep the car under control because he could only try to make the car go parallel with the edge of the track AFTER seeing Valtteri no longer moving to the right. Because of the 0.2 s reaction time, the steering correction HAD TO come too late. The bottom line is that Valtteri moved in a way that made a collision inevitable = Valtteri CAUSED the collision. But since he was punished hard enough by the DNF, it should be judged as a racing incident. Still, it was Valtteri's fault and drivers should be instructed by the FIA to avoid such actions. This would be expected from a semi-rookie "2016 Max", not a seasoned "2021 Valtteri".*
it was russel who caused the accident because he knew he was going to be driving on wet. Did you say Bottas would give Russel a dry place ?????????? Are you kidding yourself or what?
The mercs just can't stand to be passed lmao. They either wreck someone, or run them off track. It's actually hilarious how many d riders defend them and ride that bandwagon. It's always everyone else's fault.....
70-30 fault. Russell had enough room if the track was dry but you can hear his tyres spin before he touches the grass so it was the damp track that caused the spin. There was nothing he could have done to save it. Bottas defended to aggressive for the conditions, he knew only one car could make it so he parked his car right before Russell going 300 km/h and way faster than him. There was nothing to defend.. Russell next to him was going to get Russell spinning, if Russell needs to slam his brakes he would be spinning too or lock up and rear-end Bottas. Both at fault but Bottas caused it all to unfold, plus really... Mercedes getting passed by a Williams..?
Idk shit about this sport but the car William racing Is in fault for sure
From the Alpha Romeo car behind you can clearly see how much Bottas steered towards Russel. Clearly very dangerous behaviour form Bottas, as Russel had much overspeed. This was frustration with both drivers. Bottas performing very badly as always and Russel driving on the same spot on the track with a vastly inferior car, he deserves that Mercedes seat. Bottas in the second seat will deliver Max his first championship this year, because Bottas cannot keep up for strategy with the Red Bull drivers.
Nah Bottas just didn't wanna get past by a Williams so he took him out instead, you can clearly see that 😉
Russell's fault. There was plenty of space
@@theraomaN Nah you could hear it in Bottas's voice in the interview, "Idk what he was doing?" Well bro your slow ass is in the way their not just gonna try and get around you, he just couldn't handle russell beating him last year in a merc and now in a Williams 😉😉😂
@@yungsaucelord Russell can't even drive under a safety car properly and now seems to struggle with even overtaking cleanly
@@theraomaN Bottas p10 in a Merc getting past by Russell in a Williams, Bottas is shit cause we know what the other car did P2 where's Bottas on that battle? Oh wait he sucks he's at the back of the pack fighting a Williams and chasing a Alpha 😂😂
@@yungsaucelord Russell in p10 under safety car and oop crashes.
Bottas: leaves space
Russell: crashes and blames Valterri
Bottas ran russell of the road causing him to spin out into bottas
I say Hamilton-Gasly in Mercedes 2022 demote Bottas to Williams.
And their incident gives hamilton a lot of advantage, coincidence? I don't think so. Hotel? Trivago