After being swallowed up b𓃲y a number of drivers having made an awful getaway, Bottas got his braking point all wrong into Turn 1 and slid into the rear of McLaren’s Lando Norris.

Norris ran into Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, with Bottas slamming into the side of Sergio Perez, eliminating the Mexican from the race on the spot. Although he was able to recover to the💖 pits, Norris was forced to retire under the subsequent red flag.

Ve🌺rstappen was able to continue but extensive damage to his car meant he could only salvage a point in 10th.

Bottas has received a five-place grid penalty for the Belgian Grand Prix later this month for causing the Turn 1 carnage, while Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll has been hit with t🃏he same punishment for taking out Charles Leclerc.

Here’s how some of the drivers involve💜d responded to the c𒆙haotic start in Hungary…

Charles Leclerc - ‘Nice bowling game’

“I don’t know what to say, I mean, in 𒁏most of incidents I can unde⛄rstand whenever there are different views about incidents.

“Bottas l♌ost the car. In the beginning, I thought it was Lando but yeah it’s clear that Bottas just made a biꦰg mistake and took everyone out of the race.

“It’s a big shame. It’s a massive blow for us as a team but we also lost the engine v🤪ery likely, so not ideal really.”

Max Verstappen - ‘Again taken out by a Mercedes’

“Again taken out by a Mercedes… that’s not what you want and from there onwards I was missing my whole side of the car – the whole bargeboard area. And the𝓡 floor was damaged as well.

“It was almost impossible to drive to be honꦦest. I still tried my very best and I still scored one point so…it’s at least something but of c𒁃ourse, it’s not what we want.”

Lando Norris - ‘A stupid crash’

“Yeah, not much to say. Just annoyed I g🅺uess. Lap 1, I don’t know why that has to happen, why risk doing those🐼 kind of stupid things. But nothing I can do though. Not a lot to stay.

Ask🅠ed if he felt Bottas deserved a penalty, Norris replied: “Of course, if I get a penalty for not even doing anything wrong in other tracks, then he should deserve a muc♛h bigger penalty than what I got. So we’ll see.

“I hope they have some common sense and they do what th🌃ey should do, but it’s not up to me at the end 🌳of the day.”

Valtteri Bottas - ‘A mess’

“I had a poor start, wheelspin off the line, and lost places. And then braking into first corner I was right in the gearbox of🍒 Lando and I just locked the wheels.

“So probably being that close didn’t calculate quite right the braking point, lo🐠cked two wheels, hit him, and then it was a mess.”