In the Barcelona GP the Italian wasted time passing his teammate, infuriating the Mercedes team principal: “So we lost the race”
On Sunday in Barcelona Toto Wolff smiles just when he talks about Lewis Hamilton. There is nothing about the performance of his Mercedes that allows him to leave Spain fully satisfied. “But I’m really happy for my old friend Lewis – admits the team principal -, he worked hard and went through many difficult moments, especially last year. I always say that if it’s not up to us to win, I want him to do it”.
reliability
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However, what worries Wolff, looking at the results at home, is yet another reliability problem that forced one of his cars to retire: “What happened is not acceptable, we still don’t know what the cause of the failure on Kimi’s car was but most of the other problems were related to the battery, even though they were different failures. We will dig deep to make sure it doesn’t happen again.”
internal struggles
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According to the team principal, the management of internal battles also needs to be improved: “We have two drivers who are fighting and we have always said that we don’t want to impose team orders, but here in Barcelona we perhaps lost the race for not wanting to give a team order. It’s a problem that we will have to face, as Ferrari is now also there…”. Wolff has no doubts about the World Championship fight: “Of course Ferrari is in the game. And honestly I wouldn’t want to fight against Hamilton for a title, because I know what he’s capable of. If he smells blood, he won’t stop.”
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