“They’re calling it a racing incident which is what they usually do when it’s Max Verstappen’s fault”: Ted Kravitz takes a jibe at Red Bull

F1 pundit Ted Kravitz took a dig at Red Bull for the way they assessed their driver Max Verstappen's crash with Lewis Hamilton at the 2024 F1 Hungarian GP. The defending world champions claimed that the tussle was just a racing incident.

The Hungarian GP was quite interesting to watch with the two McLaren drivers fighting for the race win and Max Verstappen battling with his rival, Lewis Hamilton, for the third and last podium place.

In the latter stages of the race, Verstappen was breathing down Hamilton's neck, trying to get past the seven-time world champion. At the same time, the Mercedes driver was trying everything in his arsenal to defend his third place. On Lap 63, Max Verstappen dove down the inside and tried to out-brake Lewis Hamilton and overtake him.

However, the move backfired as Verstappen locked up while Hamilton tried to turn into the corner. This caused their wheels to collide and send the Red Bull's rear flying in the air. Verstappen somehow managed to control his car and not crash into the barriers. He quickly joined the track and secured P5. Meanwhile, Hamilton retained his third position and got on the Hungarian GP podium.

Speaking on Sky Sports, Ted Kravitz presented his routine notebook session after a race. During this, he took a cheeky jibe at Red Bull, saying they would always call any situation a racing incident if it were Verstappen's fault. He explained how the three-time world champion tried to out-brake near Hamilton.

"First of all, they are calling it a racing incident, which is what Red Bull do when it's Max Verstappen's fault. But everyone else is calling it Max Verstappen's fault with the last bit, with out-braking himself, and would have gone straight on had Lewis not turned in. But Lewis did turn in, well, Lewis did not turn in, he was there, and then Max went over his wheel."

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Max Verstappen's verdict on his crash with Lewis Hamilton at the 2024 Hungarian GP

Max Verstappen himself shared his thoughts on his crash with Lewis Hamilton at the Hungarian GP. Speaking to F1.com, the three-time world champion blamed the Mercedes driver for moving under braking during the move. The Dutchman stated that when he was committed to overtaking, Hamilton started turning to the right, gradually closing the door under braking.

“I went for a move that was fully on, but then in the middle of the braking zone, when I’m already committed of course to the move, he suddenly just keeps [moving] right, and if I wouldn’t have turned while braking straight, I would have made contact with him. So I went in the air," Verstappen said.

“And I feel like now it was not on the initial move but afterward, during the braking zone [Lewis] keeps turning right – you cannot do that when someone’s committed to the inside. That’s why I locked up because otherwise, we would have collided anyway because he would have just turned in on me,” he added.

After the Hungarian GP, Max Verstappen leads the drivers' championship table with 265 points, while Lewis Hamilton jumps to sixth place with 125 points.