Valtteri Bottas and George Russell were not happy with each other during the Imola Grand Prix, to say the least. The two drivers, who both have a contract with Mercedes, blame each other for the big crash at the Italian circuit. Bottas even seems to give Russell the finger when the young Briton comes to ask for help.
With the available footage from Formula 1, we can't quite tell if this is actually a middle finger, but it sure looks like it. Especially with the fact that Russell and Bottas were killing each other in interviews afterwards, we can say that this is the middle of five fingers.
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Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix
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Friday 12.06.26
Practice 1
11:30 AM
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Saturday 13.06.26
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