"Verstappen won in Qatar but his race engineer, Gianpiero Lambiase, hinted at foul play when he told his driver over the radio: I am not sure what happened to Antonelli there. It looked like he just pulled over and let Lando through. Red Bull's motor sport adviser, Helmut Marko, then said it was so obvious that Lando was waved through by Antonelli."
"This is total, utter nonsense that blows my mind. We are fighting for second in the constructors' championship, which is important for us. Kimi is fighting for a potential third in the race. I mean, how brainless can you be to even say something like this? And it annoys me. Because I'm annoyed with the race itself, how it went. I'm annoyed with the mistake at the end. I'm annoyed with other mistakes. And then hearing such nonsense blows my mind."
"I spoke to GP. Obviously they were emotional in that moment. I said to him: [Antonelli] just went off. He had a bit of a moment in the previous corner and then less entry speed into the left-hander. It can happen.' So with GP everything is clear. We cleared the air. He said that he didn't see the situation. But why would we do this? Why would we even think about interfering in a dr"
Red Bull accused Kimi Antonelli of deliberately allowing Lando Norris to pass in Qatar, prompted by a radio remark from Max Verstappen's race engineer and comments from Helmut Marko. Lando Norris finished fourth after Antonelli ran off the road on the penultimate lap while McLaren's strategy error also affected his title bid. Toto Wolff described the allegation as "total, utter nonsense," emphasized Mercedes and McLaren competed honestly for constructors' and race positions, and expressed frustration with race mistakes. Wolff spoke with race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase, who said he had not seen the incident, and Wolff said the matter was cleared.
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