{"id":321213,"date":"2025-12-01T20:09:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T20:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/321213\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T20:09:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T20:09:09","slug":"red-bull-sorry-for-kimi-antonelli-letting-lando-norris-pass-claim-video-reaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/321213\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Bull sorry for Kimi Antonelli letting Lando Norris pass claim, video, reaction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Red Bull Formula One team on Monday said it sincerely regretted suggesting Kimi Antonelli had handed McLaren\u2019s Lando Norris fourth place in Qatar after the rookie received death threats.<\/p>\n<p>With Red Bull\u2019s defending champion Max Verstappen leading, Norris was stuck behind Antonelli\u2019s Mercedes. When the teenager ran wide on a corner on the penultimate lap, the Briton zoomed past to grab fourth and two extra points.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot sure what happened to Antonelli Max, looks like he just pulled over and let Norris through,\u201d Gianpiero \u2018GP\u2019 Lambiase, Verstappen\u2019s race engineer, immediately told his driver in a radio message which television viewers also heard.<\/p>\n<p>Fox Sports, available on Kayo Sports, is the only place to watch every practice, qualifying session and race in the 2025 FIA Formula One World Championship\u2122 LIVE in 4K. <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au?pg=f1&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkmotorsport-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-mtr-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Red Bull adviser, Helmut Marko, said later that the 19-year-old \u201cwaved\u201d Norris past, which prompted a furious reaction from Mercedes boss Toto Wolff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHelmut, this is total, utter nonsense. That blows my mind, even to hear that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764530230_348_poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re fighting for P2 in the championship, which is important for us. Kimi is fighting for a potential P3. How brainless can you be to even say something like this?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brown and Piastri&#8217;s awkward moment | 00:17<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Antonelli\u2019s profile picture on his Instagram account was blacked out. Mercedes said comments attacking Antonelli on his various social media accounts had shown a \u201c1,100 per cent increase in the abuse we sadly usually see on a Sunday of a race weekend\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>British media reported that the team said several of the comments \u201cwere death threats\u201d and that it had flagged 330 more \u201csevere or suspect\u201d comments on team social media.<\/p>\n<p>McLaren use engines manufactured by Mercedes.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Red Bull issued a statement acknowledging that \u201creplay footage shows Antonelli momentarily losing control of his car, thus allowing Norris to pass him. <\/p>\n<p>TALKING POINTS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/motorsport\/formula-one\/why-speechless-piastri-will-pay-the-price-for-mclaren-strategic-howler-as-title-goes-to-the-wire-f1-talking-points\/news-story\/8f81c237bf6d888bea5981b08c8ef818\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">How Piastri was dudded in veiled team orders as podium detail exposes McLaren farce <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/motorsport\/formula-one\/f1-2025-every-scenario-for-abu-dhabi-grand-prix-how-oscar-piastri-can-win-title-drivers-championship-qatar-grand-prix-result-standings\/news-story\/08101faecc40c6fdd8081b16ef37337b\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Explained: Every scenario \u2014 and how Piastri can still win \u2014 as F1 braces for cliffhanger<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/motorsport\/formula-one\/f1-2025-qatar-grand-prix-result-winner-oscar-piastri-still-in-title-as-max-verstappen-wins-lando-norris-fifth-points-standings-for-abu-dhabi\/news-story\/c39ee4b2de27c1d0eaf47432c5904bac\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Speechless\u2019: Piastri furious, Lando rocked as McLaren blunder sets up final race thriller<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Got nothing to do with it&#8221; | 01:36<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe sincerely regret that this has led to Antonelli receiving online abuse,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>Mercedes said Lambiase had apologised to team principal Wolff. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI spoke to GP,\u201d said Wolff. \u201cI saw him and obviously he was emotional in that moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said he didn\u2019t see the situation.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Norris will go into the final race in Abu Dhabi 12 points ahead of the Dutchman. If Verstappen wins, Norris can finish third and still take the title. Without the two points he would have needed to come second to be sure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are fighting for second in the constructors\u2019 championship, which is important for us,\u201d said Wolff. \u201cKimi is fighting for a potential third in the race. I mean, how brainless can you be to even say something like this?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy would we do this? Why would we even think about interfering in a driver championship? You really need to check yourself and whether you are seeing ghosts.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Red Bull Formula One team on Monday said it sincerely regretted suggesting Kimi Antonelli had handed McLaren\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321214,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[944,2620,12295,64,63,2037,55893,180880,817,16236,813,816,4405,1737,825,20588,16260,21786,180881,1314,82524,85,13773,169817,4703],"class_list":["post-321213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-abu-dhabi","tag-agence-france-presse","tag-andrea-kimi-antonelli","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-british-media","tag-death-threats","tag-driver-championship","tag-f1","tag-final-race","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-helmut-marko","tag-lando-norris","tag-max-verstappen","tag-mercedes-benz-ag","tag-qatar","tag-race-weekend","tag-replay-footage","tag-social-media","tag-social-media-accounts","tag-sports","tag-team-principal","tag-television-viewers","tag-toto-wolff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}