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Fans slam F1 driver as shocking untelevised radio message emerges from Monaco Grand Prix

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Published 11:33 28 May 2025 GMT+1

Fans slam F1 driver as shocking untelevised radio message emerges from Monaco Grand Prix

Lando Norris won the Monaco Grand Prix ahead of Charles Leclerc and Oscar Piastri.

Marcus Chan

Marcus Chan

A Formula 1 driver has been criticised on social media after a previously unheard team radio message from the Monaco Grand Prix emerged.

On Sunday afternoon, McLaren star Lando Norris won the iconic Monaco Grand Prix ahead of Charles Leclerc and Oscar Piastri.

Although it was a largely uneventful race, there were a couple of incidents during the Grand Prix.

For example, Sauber rookie Gabriel Bortoleto hit the wall at Portier (Turn 8) during the first lap.

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The incident happened after Mercedes star Kimi Antonelli made a move down Bortoleto's inside at the right-hander.

Bortoleto was far from happy with Antonelli's move, but the young Italian escaped punishment from the stewards to finish in 18th place, with the Sauder rookie coming home 14th.

Now, a previously untelevised team radio message from Bortoleto has emerged.

The Brazilian said: "I think we are catching Antonelli here. Did he get a penalty for what he did?"

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Bortoleto's engineer replied: "So, Gabi, we are all on the same train, and he did not get a penalty. He did not get a penalty."

In response, the 20-year-old said: "OK. I will put him in the wall next time."

To which his engineer responded: "Gabi! Let’s focus on what we can control. Let’s maximise this scenario."


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Reacting on social media, one fan said: "Hope he enjoys penalty points on his licence."

Another tweeted: "Lucky Bortoleto will never be close to Kimi."

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A third fan added: "This is not an acceptable response, there wasn't even an investigation."

Someone else wrote: "He should absolutely get a reprimand from the FIA."

Speaking about the incident after the race, Bortoleto said: "We overtook him into [Turn] 6 and then he tried a divebomb move in T8, where we saw, in the past, there was a lot of accidents already there. And then obviously when you divebomb, you commit for something.

"I was already committed to the corner as well, because I would never expect someone to divebomb there. I ended up trying to still stay on track and expecting that he would give me a bit of room, but he didn’t give any room at all."

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He added: "And I just ended up hitting the wall to not hit him in the inside. I would [have] end up in the wall anyway.

"A shame because we broke the front wing and then we lost that advantage of five positions we had at the beginning of the race."

F1 will continue this weekend with the Spanish Grand Prix, which will take place around Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

Featured Image Credit: F1

Topics: Formula 1, Fan Reactions

Marcus Chan
Marcus Chan

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