Bottas links Baku crash to possible systems confusion
Valtteri Bottas crashed at Turn 15 on the final lap in Baku and believes an earlier trip off course may have confused his Cadillac’s systems.
Bottas told RacingNews365 and other reporters after the race that he had gone straight on at Turn 1 earlier in the final lap. He thought the extra distance might have confused his Cadillac’s systems. Approaching Turn 15, he said, the car experienced what he called a large ‘superclip’. When he braked, he felt that only the front brakes activated, as though the rear brakes were no longer recovering energy for the battery.
Bottas offered that sequence as his explanation for the crash. RacingNews365’s account does not give a technical diagnosis from Cadillac.
The crash allowed Max Verstappen to close on George Russell, whom he nearly passed at the finish, RacingNews365 reported.
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- SOURCEBottas onthult opzienbarende oorzaak voor crash in BakuRacingNews365 Nederland · Source date as found: 2026-09-27
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RacingNews365 Nederland reported Bottas’s post-race comments on 27 September 2026.