“Wow, thankyou Mercedes!” Astonished reaction in cooldown room
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F1 Qatar Grand Prix 2023 – Race Results from Round 17Race winner Max Verstappen and McLaren duo Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri were exhausted after the grand prix when they saw a replay of the headline clash between the Mercedes drivers.Hamilton took the blame for the incident which caused him to retire early.Norris said: “George couldn’t do anything.”Piastri asked: “Who caused it, at the start?”Verstappen replied: “Lewis turned in too much.”Norris said: “George couldn’t have done anything else.”Piastri reacted: “What? Was it Lewis and George that ed?”Norris: “Yeah.”Piastri: “Ha! Wow. Thank you, Mercedes.”Norris: “Yeah, it made our lives a lot easier, huh? George was quite quick.”Verstappen: “You know what they call that? The law of the jungle.”A tired Verstappen joked that he was too weary to carry away the winner’s trophy.He teased Norris: “Can you take it?”Norris: “The trophy? I’ll break it, if you want!”Related Newly-crowned Verstappen takes 14th win in Qatar as Mercedes duo collide ‘Really sorry’ Hamilton takes responsibility for dramatic Russell collision
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