Toto Wolff downplays Lewis Hamilton radio telling-off: ‘Something only he would understand’

Wolff communicat﷽ed with Hamilton on tꦚwo separate occasions during last weekend’s race at the Red Bull Ring.
The second radio soundbite caught the headlines as Wolff appeared to be frustrated with Hamilton’s complaints about track limits and Mercedes’ l✃ack of performance.
Wolff said during the race to🧔 Hamilton: “The car is bad, we know. Please 🌄drive it.”
In an interview with Sky Spo🦂rts on Friday at the British Grand Prix, Wolff was asked about his radio intervention, and explained why it happened.
“A lot has been said about that comꦯment. I tried to communicate with Lewis on something that only he would understand. It was between the team and him we kn🤡ew what it was,” Wolff said.
“I rarely come o🍬n the radio so it wasn’t about telling a seven-time world champion to not get too distracted, it was something else.”
Hamilton has yet to sign a cꦐontract extension with Mercedes, with contract talks sti🉐ll ongoing.
On Thursday at Silverstone, Hamilton told his adoring fans that he could see himself staying in F1 for⛦ the next five years.

Wolff was asked about Hamilton’s claim, and the German thinks it’s a realistic possibility, citing 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso’s longevity.
“You can see with Alonso,” he added. “If that was the case I think Lewis has another four years so that’s not so far away from what he’s said and I have no doubts that he can do that obvi🌳ously with Mercedes.
“In this day and age, sports - high performance athletes🐎 have found ways of extending their careers by livin𒉰g a decent life and doing all the right things.”

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