Coulthard's verdict on the Verstappen and Norris incident: 'Avoidable'

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Coulthard judges crash Verstappen and Norris in Austrian GP
1 July at 14:30
Last update 1 July at 14:32
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  • Cas van de Kleut

It is the talk of the day in the Formula 1 world. The crash between Max Verstappen and Lando Norris sent shockwaves through the paddock. Many analysts have already shared their feelings about the incident. Ex-McLaren and Red Bull driver David Coulthard has also shared his view on the incident on Channel 4.

Many people have blamed Verstappen for the accident. Andrea Stella compared the incident with Norris to the incidents between the Dutchman and Lewis Hamilton in 2021. The McLaren team boss argued that the three-time world champion was not punished then and that such things led to incidents like this.

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David Coulthard argued that the incident was coming: "Max is going to go ‘I was racing – it’s hard racing.’ This is the first time Lando is experiencing going wheel to wheel really on a weekend in, weekend out basis. We know how it was when it was Lewis who was going wheel to wheel with Max. Max is one of the hardest racers, to beat him you’ve got to match him. There was that contact as they enter the corner, further contact once they’ve gone through the apex, both of them with punctures and damage."

The 13-time Grand Prix winner continued: "Avoidable incidents from both, it’s cost them both finishing the race. This will be the thing that Lando is complaining about, just at that final part of the entry to the corner, that Max is continuing to come over to the left and he’ll claim ‘he squeezed me and you’re not allowed to do that under braking. Look, he’s definitely crowded Lando across the track. If there was a barrier there, then they both would have sort of ricocheted off it." Concluded the Scot.