News Details

Ralf Schumacher on Bottas radio messages: I wouldn't have dared

Article To news overview © Mercedes Ralf Schumacher admits he was surprised that Valtteri Bottas felt comfortable with sharing very critical messages over team radio during the French Grand Prix given his recent lack of strong results. The Finn became irate about Mercedes' decision to stick with a one-stop strategy rather than a two-stop and shouted to his engineer during the race: "Why the f**k did nobody listen to me when I said it was a two-stopper?" Schumacher says he wouldn't have had the nerve to be so vocal if he were in a similar position to Bottas. "His critical radio message to the team about strategy certainly didn't put him in a better position at...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Bottas justifies radio outburst over Mercedes strategy

Valtteri Bottas felt his expletive-laden radio rant in Sunday's French...
4y ago from F1i.com

Wolff says Bottas' radio outburst ‘great'

Jun.21 Toto Wolff says Valtteri Bottas' foul-mouthed rant at Mercedes'...
4y ago from OneStopStrategy.com

Schumacher: Bottas outburst a sign 'he knows he's gone'

Ex-F1 driver Ralf Schumacher believes that Valtteri Bottas uncommon radio...
4y ago from F1i.com

Wolff "loved" irate Bottas' four-letter...

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has declared he "loved" the...
4y ago from GPFans.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Brad Binder reveals why he is optimistic he can bounce...

Factory KTM rider Brad Binder has admitted that his 2025 MotoGP season...
22h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Enea Bastianini ‘can’t explain’ KTM tyre...

Enea Bastianini admitted he “can’t explain why” he struggled to...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Race start times for 2026 IndyCar season announced

The NTT IndyCar Series has announced the race broadcast start times for...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Episode 859 – End of year fun

Welcome to another episode of the Arsecast – the Arsenal podcast. In...
28m ago from Arseblog.com

January transfer window 2026: what every Premier...

on Villa have a decision to make about Harvey Elliott, Brentford have...
1h ago from TheGuardian.com

Martin Ødegaard relocates his missing rhythm to...

uvenated by his goal on Saturday and free from injuries that have...
1h ago from TheGuardian.com

“It’s fun for them” - Gabriel reveals why he...

Arsenal centre-back Gabriel Magalhaes explained why he trolled Amadou with...
8m ago from SportsKeeda.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.