News Details

Brundle criticises ‘harsh' grid drops for Max and Bottas

Martin Brundle has labelled grid penalties for Max Verstappen and Valtteri Bottas in Qatar as 'harsh', given the circumstances at the time. Verstappen and Bottas were given a five-place and three-place drop respectively after failing to slow down for yellow flags on track during the final part of qualifying, after Pierre Gasly suffered a puncture at the end of Q3. Both drivers were on flying laps as they battled it out for pole, and Brundle thinks the lack of 'visible flags' on track played their part. Christian Horner was criticised for calling out who he thought was a 'rogue marshal' for waving the yellow flag which ultimately gave Verstappen his penalty, but he has since apologised for...
Full Story »
3y ago from PlanetF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Brundle: At no point did Max open the steering wheel

With Mercedes announcing that they will be requesting a review of the lap...
3y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Schumacher: Verstappen has ‘no chance’ of F1 title...

Ex-F1 driver Ralf Schumacher believes Max Verstappen has “no chance”...
3y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Brundle: Grid penalties for Verstappen and Bottas harsh

Ex-Formula 1 driver, turned pundit Martin Brundle, reflected on the...
3y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Brundle says Mercedes excuses 'cut no ice' under the...

Sky F1's Martin Brundle had little compassion for Mercedes' plight with...
3y ago from F1i.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Honda confirms Jorge Martin ‘an option’ for 2026...

Honda Team Manager Alberto Puig has reiterated its interest in signing...

Liberty Media completes 4.3 billion takeover of...

Two weeks on from receiving unanimous EU approval, Liberty Media...

Gresini reveals extent of Alex Marquez's injuries...

Gresini Racing team manager Michele Masini revealed the extent of Alex...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Scott Dixon capitalizes on Alex Palou’s mistake to...

The beginning of a busy stretch for IndyCar got under way on Sunday, with...
11h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

IndyCar Mid-Ohio – Race Results

IndyCar visited Mid-Ohio over the weekend for Honda’s home event and a...
11h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Alex Palou chooses to view costly Mid-Ohio mistake as...

Alex Palou was not the winner of Sunday’s IndyCar event from Mid-Ohio,...
10h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

All the best photos of Martin Zubimendi signing for...

Arsenal have completed the high-profile signing of Spanish midfielder...
1h ago from FreshArsenal.com

Viktor Gyokeres is willing to make big sacrifice in...

Viktor Gyokeres is so determined to join Arsenal this summer that he has...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Zubimendi official at last : A striker decision made...

Welcome to a brand new week. Sunday is supposed to be a day of rest, but...
2h ago from Arseblog.com

Report: Arsenal ask for player + £10m to part with...

The transfer window always throws up some questionable things – but...
8h ago from FreshArsenal.com

Comments

Hottest News

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.