Toto Wolff: George Russell radio call the ‘dumbest thing I’ve done’ at Mercedes
Toto Wolff labels his radio call to George Russell as the "dumbest" thing he has done at Mer𒐪ced🃏es.
Toto Wolff has admitted his radio message to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell in the F1 Austrian Grand Prix was ꧒the “single dumbest thing I’ve done” during his time at Mercedes.
Russell took advantage of of a collision between race leaders 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris tܫo clai♉m an unlikely second victory of his F1 career in Sunday’s dramatic race at the Red Bull Ring.
Following the clash which took Verstappen and Norris out of contention, Mercedes boss Wolff came over team radio to tell Russell ♉“you can win this”. Russell responded by request🌊ing Wolff to “let him drive”.
Explaining his interaction with Russell after thꦿe race, Wolff said he will be “forever ashamed” by th♔e timing of his message.
“I think I know the drivers pretty well and what they need at times to encoꦐurage or to refocus, ꧟because I spend so much time with them. I think I know their psychology,” Wolff told media including in Austria.
“But this one is the single dumbest thing I’ve done in 12 years at Mercedes. I will be forever ꦑashamed because you look at where you message the driver and you don’t do it during braking. Or in high-speed corners💞.
“I didn’t look on the GPS I just saw these two taking each other out and we anticipated it, and then just emotionally pressed the button an💙d said ‘we can win this’. I could have taken him out with that message! Imagine how that could have felt.
“I’m emotional. I enjoy us doing well and I enjoy seeing Lewis and George doing well. I was just ca⭕rried away with that situation, but seriously, embarrassing!”
Russell said he “almost crashed” when W🍸olff told him that he ౠcould win the race.
"On those hard tyres for me was pretty difficult. And🦹 then suddenly I had Toto screaming in my ear, "you can win this!” Russell said.
"I almost crashe🍎d when he screamed into my ears, it was that loud, but I think it just goes to show the passion🎃 that we all share.
"ജIt's obviouslyꦡ been a tough couple of years for us, so it feels great to be back on the top step."
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