The behaviour of the Aston Martin driver, who was accused of weaving around the track, did not sit well with the Finn.
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Valterri Bottas of Alfa Romeo slammed Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll after the Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park on Sunday. The behaviour of the Aston Martin driver, who was accused of weaving around the track, did not sit well with the Finn. It wasn’t neat, according to the Alfa Romeo driver. Stroll was given a five-second time penalty by the stewards. After a collision with Nicholas Latifi on Saturday, he received another three-place grid penalty.
“Yeah, the weaving just made it very hard for me to decide where to go, it was a bit on the limit,” Bottas said after the race. “And yeah that pass, obviously forced me to go off the track, so I don’t think that’s how you should race,” he added.
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In the Australian Grand Prix, Bottas finished well ahead of Stroll, but not everything went smoothly. The Finn had claimed that he was pushed off the track in another battle with the Canadian.
Bottas eventually finished eighth in Melbourne, a significant improvement over his performance in Saudi Arabia. In the world championship race, he currently has twelve points. Guanyu Zhou, his teammate, has to make do with just one point in the driver’s championship. P11, just outside the points, was the rookie’s finish at Albert Park.
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The 2022 Australian Grand Prix was won by Charles Leclerc, consolidating his and Ferrari’s championship lead, while Max Verstappen retired for the second time in three races. Sergio Perez of Red Bull finished second, with Mercedes’ George Russell rounding out the podium. Melbourne’s first Australian Grand Prix in 1,100 days drew a sell-out crowd to Albert Park. On Sunday afternoon, they were treated to another thrilling show after an action-packed free practice and qualifying session.
Leclerc, who was also named Driver of the Day, was able to keep his rival Verstappen at bay thanks to two Safety Cars: the first after teammate Carlos Sainz spun out from P14 on Lap 2 and the second after Sebastian Vettel’s crash on Lap 23. On Lap 39, the threat vanished when Verstappen came to a halt with his engine on fire, allowing the Ferrari driver to cruise to victory over Perez while also setting the fastest lap.
