F1 stink erupts as Hamilton teammate cops it

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A stink erupted wrong the driving ranks astatine Mercedes aft Red Bull's Max Verstappen accrued his pb successful the Formula 1 title by winning the Mexico City Grand Prix.

Mercedes operator Valtteri Bottas had earned rod position, and his teammate Lewis Hamilton started alongside him astatine the beforehand of the grid astatine the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.

But contempt the brace blocking retired the beforehand of the grid to commencement the race, Verstappen was capable to get alongside them instantly to make a three-way lead, earlier helium passed them going astir Turn One.

From there, Verstappen maintained the pb and won the lawsuit easily, up of second-placed Hamilton.

Bottas, meantime, was spun retired by Australia's Daniel Ricciardo astatine the archetypal crook and neither of them were capable to decently retrieve from that incident.

After the race, Hamilton revealed his vexation astatine his teammate Bottas for allowing the Red Bull car to walk them truthful easy astatine Turn One.

"I had envisaged it differently, naturally, successful the consciousness that possibly Valtteri had got a amended commencement and I would person tried to get into his tow," Hamilton said.

"But I was alongside him which was good, and past I was conscionable covering my broadside of the way trying to marque definite that no-one could travel up the inside.

"So I was trying to support whichever Red Bull I could spot successful my reflector behind, and I thought Valtteri would beryllium doing the same.

"But obviously, helium near the doorway unfastened for Max, and Max was connected the racing enactment truthful did a mega occupation braking into Turn 1.

"Because I was connected the wrong connected the dirt, determination was nary anticipation for me."

Mercedes squad brag Toto Wolff besides seemed unimpressed with Bottas aft the race.

"Yeah, that should not happen," Wolff told Sky erstwhile asked astir Verstappen taking the pb disconnected them consecutive away.

"We had 2 cars successful beforehand and seemed to unfastened up the oversea for Max to travel astir the outside.

"The rotation afterwards [meant] a large nonaccomplishment of points with Valtteri's car.

"It could person been a 3rd oregon 4th spot (which) is annoying to accidental the least."

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