Pink Bull has issued a press release saying it “deeply regrets” the abuse Kimi Antonelli acquired following feedback about his driving in the course of the Qatar Grand Prix.
Max Verstappen’s race engineer Giampiero Lambiase advised the drivers over workforce radio that Antonelli “seems like he pulled over and let[Lando]Norris go” on the penultimate lap of the race, when the rookie made a mistake that despatched him huge. After the checkered flag, Pink Bull advisor Helmut Marko referred to Oscar Piastri’s actions in Flip 1 earlier within the race and added his perception that Antonelli had twice allowed the McLaren driver to overhaul him.
Antonelli blacked out his Instagram profile image after receiving numerous abusive feedback on his account.
“Any feedback made earlier than and instantly after the conclusion of the Qatar Grand Prix suggesting that Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli deliberately allowed Lando Norris to overhaul him are clearly false,” the assertion learn.
“Replay footage reveals Antonelli briefly shedding management of his automobile and being overtaken by Norris. We sincerely remorse that this has led to Kimi being subjected to on-line abuse.”
Previous to Pink Bull’s assertion, Mercedes workforce principal Toto Wolff criticized Marko and Lambiase’s feedbackLambius defined that he had not seen the total replay of what brought about Norris to catch Antonelli and apologized.
Norris overtook the Mercedes driver for fourth place on the penultimate lap, incomes him an additional two factors and leaving him with a 12-point benefit over Verstappen within the race for the drivers’ championship forward of the ultimate race of the season in Abu Dhabi.
