McLaren won’t join Red Bull in call for cost cap changes
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Even though McLaren lost Lando Norris from the Hungarian GP as a result of another driver’s mistake, McLaren won’t join Red Bull in calling for a rethink of the cost cap.
Christian Horner was furious as, for the second race in a row, his Red Bull cars were damaged by Mercedes drivers.
Lewis Hamilton caused $1.8m worth of damage to Max Verstappen’s RB16B at the British Grand Prix while Valtteri Bottas added to the repair bill in Hungary when he took out Sergio Perez and caused extensive damage to Verstappen’s car.
Williams went from directionless to double points
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Valtteri Bottas causes carnage at Hungarian Grand Prix
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‘Bottas not given enough credit for Mercedes role’
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Mika Hakkinen believes that his fellow Finn Valtteri Bottas does not get enough appreciation for his work as a Mercedes driver.
Bottas joined the team back in 2017, replacing Nico Rosberg who retired just days after winning the 2016 World Championship.
Since then his form has been enough to ensure that Mercedes retained the Constructors’ Championship in each season, though he has never mounted a title challenge against team-mate Lewis Hamilton.
This season Bottas’ contributions are arguably more crucial than ever though, with Mercedes trailing Red Bull in the Constructors’ by four points, while Hamilton has eight points to make up on Max Verstappen in pursuit of his eighth World Championship.