The top officials of Red Bull have made it clear that they consider the attitude of Toto Wolff unacceptable after learning that he went in person to speak with the stewards of the last British GP during the course of the race.
The barrage of messages between the FIA and the walls of Mercedes and Red Bull nothing else took place the accident between Hamilton and Verstappen will remain for the memory after the realization of Formula 1 has chosen lately to show part of them on the air.
However, in addition to the champions of each of the teams responsible for communications with Michael Masi, the team leaders once the atmosphere began to heat up, something less common but not the first time it has happened: Christian Horner and Toto Wolff, once again, decided to show their opposite opinions.
“I saw Toto, who was putting pressure on the stewards, what I had heard he was going to do,” Horner commented, infuriated with an attitude that was unworthy of him. “That’s why I went, to make sure our point of view was represented. I do not think it is correct that the team leaders are going to pressure the stewards. They should be locked up so as not to be influenced. For me it is unacceptable that I was going to pressure them to give them a lesser sanction, I wanted them to have a balanced opinion, “he explained.
«The stewards have to have a clear head to make those decisions, “closed the British leader, thus making sure that his opinion and that of his team was reflected. For his part, Wolff revealed that “I have gone to talk to the stewards many times in my life”, something that from his statements and his attitude after the race seems to continue to do.
No revenge
Pain especially in the upper part of the body, as indicated in a statement sent by Red Bull in relation to the damage suffered by Verstappen in which a axial tomography and one magnetic resonance ruled out major damage, the Dutch driver has confessed that the behavior of his main rival seems “unsportsmanlike” when celebrating so effusively the victory with him in the hospital.
However, while Helmut Marko guarantees that # 33 “He will do everything in his power to win the title”, the Austrian president acknowledges that “of course we will not seek revenge or any kind of stupidity” since “We did not reach that level”, referring to the Mercedes staff.