Toto Wolff denies that there’s any correlation between the quite a few incidents involving Max Verstappen in 2021 and his conflict with Lando Norris in Austria.
The Mercedes boss was reacting to Andrea Stella’s declare that yesterday’s incident was as a consequence of the truth that the game’s powers that be have been too lenient in direction of the Dutchman previously.
“Should you do not deal with this stuff actually, they may come again,” Stella informed Sky Sports activities within the aftermath of yesterday’s race. “They’ve come again at the moment as a result of they weren’t addressed correctly previously when there have been some fights with Lewis Hamilton.
“That wanted to be punished in a harsher method,” he added. “Then, you learn to race in a sure method, which we will think about honest and sq..”
“I do not suppose you possibly can take this conclusion,” mentioned Wolff, when informed of the Italian’s declare. “It has been so lengthy and from our aspect,” he continued. We’re in a unique place at the moment, and I feel he’s.
“It takes two to tango,” he added. “I have not seen Lando and Max’s race to be trustworthy. I have not seen how all of that happened. I first want to look at it earlier than I’ve an opinion however I would not see that as an enormous consequence of 2021 not having been managed effectively to what occurred in 2024. I do not suppose they’ve a correlation.”
Though delighted together with his group’s win since 2022, Wolff is all too conscious that it was by default and that there’s nonetheless a lot work to be accomplished… particularly if Mercedes is to tempt Max Verstappen to make the transfer to the Three Pointed Star.
We’d like two to crash on the entrance to win in the mean time,” he mentioned. “I feel we nonetheless want to have a look at ourselves and say what can we do to have a automotive that makes us capable of race with these two within the entrance? And do it extra repeatedly.
“This can be a second the place we will say that we is usually a harbour port, a vacation spot for the perfect drivers, together with Max,” he added. “However we’re not there but so I am not even… if I used to be him, I might not be even contemplating such a transfer… but.”
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