Toto Wolff is still deeply hurt by what happened in Abu Dhabi. The Austrian team boss talks about the ‘bromance’ between Jonathan Wheatley and Michael Masi and also shows his compassion for Max Verstappen.
It remains a deep wound for Mercedes and Wolff: the final during the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The story is now known, after a messy final phase and the necessary controversy, it was Verstappen who took the world title away despite the fact that it was not the Dutchman but Lewis Hamilton who led the entire race and seemed to easily win his seventh world championship. going to win.
Manipulate
Wolff’s pain is mainly in the negotiations that were conducted between Wheatley, the sporting director at Red Bull Racing, and race director Masi. According to Wolff, the two have a ‘bromance’, a close friendship. “Wheatley has done his job. He has managed to manipulate Masi, the race director, not only in Abu Dhabi, but also before that. Max probably owes him a lot,” Wolff claims in a documentary by Sky Sports.
Feel sorry for Max
Finally, Masi left, much to Wolff’s delight. “I haven’t spoken to him again and I never want to. His decisions were wrong and I’m sure he regrets it. The FIA should have seen earlier that there was a problem. A problem with the structure and a problem in terms of people,” he sneezes. In the end, he still has a word for Verstappen. “I feel sorry for Max. He deserves the championship, but only Abu Dhabi is talked about.”
