‘Was it the most intelligent thing I’ve said?’ Toto Wolff addresses ‘Wikipedia’ Max Verstappen jibe

Toto Wolff has conceded that this jibe at Max Verstappen’s F1 win record wasn’t “the most intelligent thing” he could have said but reiterated his view that ‘numbers don’t matter’.
Toto Wolff (GER) Mercedes AMG F1 Shareholder and Executive Director. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 7, Monaco Grand
Toto Wolff (GER) Mercedes AMG F1 Shareholder and Executive Director. Formula 1 World…

Verstappen won his 10th F1 race in a row last time out at the Italian Grand Prix - breaking 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sebastian Vettel’s record of nine consecutive wins from 2013.

After the race at Monza, Wolff was asked about Verstappen’s F1 win record.

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He said: “Our situation was a little bit different because we had two guys fightin꧑g against each other within the team,

“I don’t know whether he [Verstappen] cares about the record. It’s not💞 something that would bother me, any of those numbers. 

"It’s for Wikipedia - nobody reads that, anyway.”

on Thursday in Singapore.

The Austrian acknowledged in the Friday press conference that his comments wer🎉en’t wis꧒e to make.

“Well obviously when you look at the c⛦omments in the circumstances you can think about was it the most intelligent thing that I could have said and maybe not,” Wolff said. 

“But it's always been my mindseওt. It is something that I've taken from Niki [Lauda], you know, Niki gave his trophies away to get a free car wash. You won't find a lot of memorabilia in my places either because those number♎s never mattered for the two of us.

“F1 is a meritocracy. And I said it often during this year that only💜 the best will win world champio꧃nships and you need to recognise what a great job is being done there. 

“And at the end they will take another big trophy and that '🦋s something that's the most valuable: the best person in the best car wins the world championship.”

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