Bizarre issue cited for Valtteri Bottas crash that almost changed Baku F1 result

Bizarre issue cited for Valtteri Bottas crash that almost changed Baku F1 result

Valtteri Bottas’ Azerbaijan Grand Prix crash may have been caused by an odd issue

Bottas believes system got confused to cause 2026 F1 Azerbaijan GP crash

Valtteri Bottas’ F1 Azerbaijan GP ended against the barrier at Turn 15 on the final lap. The Cadillac driver started 19th on Saturday and ran near the back of the field. Yellow flags then appeared just as George Russell held off Max Verstappen by 0.196 seconds. Bottas still finished 16th in the classification because he...

Bottas points finger at ‘confused’ systems after Baku shunt

© XPB  Michael Delaney 28/09/2026 at 17:2628/09/2026 at 19:13 40 SHARES Share on.. Share on.. Share on.. Cadillac’s Valtteri Bottas was left wondering in Baku whether a bizarre systems glitch was behind his late Azerbaijan Grand Prix crash after an otherwise unremarkable afternoon suddenly took a strange turn. The Finn had little to...

Baku raised a bigger question for F1: has energy management become too complex?

Valtteri Bottas crashed into the barriers on the final lap of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix and, almost simultaneously, the curtain came down on the race. A car hit the wall, the driver explained that something had not worked as it should, and Formula 1 largely moved on. At first glance, it looked like routine business: […]