Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli approached Red Bull's Isack Hadjar after the Chinese sprint race to apologise for causing a collision between the two, but footage shared by Formula 1 showed that it fell on deaf ears.

As the Mercedes driver approached Hadjar, the French-Algerian driver signalled for him to move on and brushed off the apology before getting out of the car.

At the time of writing, the video had accumulated 1.1 million views and was met with mixed reactions from fans. 

"It’s racing Isack, you are bound to turn into someone one day too. Just accept the apology and move on," one fan commented, while another added: "Valid from Isack btw, he has to prove himself every single second in that second RB seat while Kimi gets all the love from Toto and gets away with the rookie card easily, forgetting both of them are, but in different circumstances."

"Yeah, Isack was pissed at Kimi. Kimi just needs to be more careful. He has cost Red Bull too much already," another fan wrote, and someone else said: "Acting like he’s in a place above Kimi and has 10 race wins under his belt. Racing etiquette is racing etiquette, but calm it fella."

Former F1 driver and Sky Sports Germany pundit Ralf Schumacher also commented on the situation, explaining that Hadjar will learn to accept an apology.

Kimi and Isack in parc ferme after contact in the Sprint 👀#F1Sprint#ChineseGPpic.twitter.com/fTtyXC50Q6

— Formula 1 (@F1) March 14, 2026

"You normally don’t do that, because he’s a hothead and of course he gets frustrated," the former driver told Sky Sports Germany.

"I think you shouldn’t judge straight away. After 20 laps you can already switch off a little bit. But I mean, well, it’s also his character. You see him walking through the paddock like that.

"He’s a high-performance athlete, someone who is absolutely focused and gives everything for the sport. Therefore, yes, you can say that such a reaction can happen sometimes. But of course he will also learn. And maybe in five years he would have done it differently."

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Former Formula 1 driver Ralf Schumacher has argued that the "superb job" that Ferrari has done over the winter break will have taken the pressure off team principal Fred Vasseur.

After a difficult 2025 season, which resulted in the Maranello outfit finishing fourth in the constructors' standings, Ferrari has arrived in 2026 with competitive machinery, especially at race starts. After just one race weekend, it currently sits second in the standings behind Mercedes.

"You have to say that they’ve now closed the gap a bit. Over the winter they did a superb job. That also takes pressure off everyone," Schumacher told Sky Sports Germany in Shanghai.

"First of all, it gives the team principal some breathing room. There were a lot of questions and quite a bit of unrest. But in the end, he brought in all the people who have now built this car. That took time, but now it has worked, and that gives him some room to breathe.

"And of course also for Lewis Hamilton. I have to say, despite all the criticism last year, which was justified, you have to say now: a great job again in the final lap. Even if it’s by a thousandth of a second, beating Charles Leclerc like that — à la bonne heure — you have to deliver that. And tomorrow they will be strong as well, I’m sure of it."

Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari

He added: "It’s about patience, but also about having two drivers who can clearly handle the same car well and therefore develop in the same direction. That was an issue last year. Lewis came in and couldn’t deal with the car at all.

"Now everything has changed, he’s comfortable with it. That means Ferrari has a clear direction and two experienced drivers who can of course also help with things like the battery management. They can say, 'OK, I don’t need it there,' and that helps as well."

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