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Red Bull issue official apology after Antonelli abuse
Red Bull has expressed their sincere regret for the threats and abuse aimed at Kimi Antonelli following the F1 Qatar Grand Prix. Both Max Verstappen’s team expressed doubts about Antonelli’s actions, but replays revealed that Norris took advantage of Antonelli’s oversteer. Antonelli faced over a thousand negative comments, including death threats, on social media, prompting him to black out his profile picture. Red Bull clarified that Antonelli did not intentionally let Norris pass and apologized for the online abuse. Helmut Marko has since apologized for his comments, acknowledging that it was a driving error and not intentional. Max Verstappen’s race engineer Lambiase had initially suggested that Antonelli let Norris through, but later accepted the real explanation.
