News Details

Bottas describes pit lane spin as 'a normal mistake'

Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas has described his spin in the pit lane during FP2 as a "normal mistake". The incident occurred late into the second free practice session for the Styrian Grand Prix, and saw Bottas press the accelerator too hard, and spin when exiting his pit box. He was trying to lay down some rubber to ensure he and Lewis Hamilton would be able to get out quicker on Sunday. The incident almost resulted in Bottas spinning his W12 into McLaren pit crew members, but fortunately nobody was hurt. Speaking to Sky Sports F1 after FP2, Bottas said: "I spun. We tried something different getting out from the box and it was... some variables from what we normally do...
Full Story »
4y ago from GPBlog.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Bottas plays down deficit, bizarre pit lane spin

Valtteri Bottas moved to play down his relative lack of performance, and a...
4y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Bottas investigated for pit lane spin as Verstappen...

Max Verstappen doubled up in Friday practice as F1 title rival Lewis...
4y ago from GPFans.com

Bottas must report to the race committee after spin in...

Valtteri Bottas made an unusual mistake in the second free practice...
4y ago from GPBlog.com

Abu Dhabi set to modify F1 lay-out to boost overtaking

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix promoters have announced that several changes will...
4y ago from F1i.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Trackhouse Aprilia launches two liveries ahead of 2026...

Trackhouse Aprilia satellite team has launched its two new liveries in...
10h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Yamaha admits 2026 MotoGP performance will decide...

Yamaha knows it must deliver a more competitive 2026 MotoGP bike to...
13h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Will Power sees ‘all the ingredients’ for a...

Will Power is approaching the beginning of his new IndyCar chapter, with...
10h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Ed Carpenter to contest 23rd Indianapolis 500

Owner of the Ed Carpenter Racing IndyCar team Ed Carpenter will race in...

Pato O’Ward joined by F2 champion in McLaren F1...

McLaren has announced its driver development program lineup for 2026,...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal plan to snag Brazilian prodigy this month,...

Arsenal are interested in signing the Brazilian playmaker Breno Bidon from...
6h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Mikel Arteta eyes Real Madrid wonderkid, Arsenal keen...

Arsenal are interested in selling the Real Madrid defender, Victor...
4h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Alan Shearer says only one team can stop Arsenal from...

Alan Shearer believes Arsenal will go all the way to the final of the...
6h ago from CaughtOffside.com

David Ornstein drops massive Arsenal transfer hint,...

Arsenal were reportedly considering a move for the Atletico Madrid striker...
8h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Adrian Newey's first Aston Martin project in jeopardy

Comments from two senior Honda Racing employees... Read More »
13h ago from GPFans.com

F1: Tombazis confident of solution to engine row

'I believe we are going to be OK,' says the FIA's... Read More »
6h ago from Pitpass.com

Lewis Hamilton calls out Ferrari F1 team-mate on gym fail

Seven-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton has laughed... Read More »
4h ago from GPFans.com

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.