Toto Wolff was reportedly not happy with the attitude of the other Formula One teams towards resolving the problem of the quiques. The Mercedes team boss accuses the competition of "falsehood and political games". There even seems to have been a small fight between Wolff and competitor Mattia Binotto of Ferrari.
Toto Wolff was reportedly not happy with the attitude of the other Formula One teams towards resolving the problem of the quiques. The Mercedes team boss accuses the competition of "falsehood and political games". There even seems to have been a small fight between Wolff and competitor Mattia Binotto of Ferrari.
Earlier this weekend in Canada, all the team bosses talked to the FIA and Liberty Media about the car quiques. Wolff did not like the way the conversation was conducted, which seems to have had an outcome afterwards.
Journalist Adam Cooper, who was present in Montreal, announced on his Twitter account that Wolff and Binotto had argued in a not-so-friendly manner. Subsequently, Christian Horner, team boss of Red Bull Racing, was also reported to have intervened in the discussion.
Cooper: "I heard more and more about an angry conversation between Toto Wolff and Mattia Binotto about the technical directive proposed at yesterday's meeting. Christian Horner also participated...and all this in front of the Netflix camera." So, in the new season of Drive to Survive, we can start to make out what was discussed.
Mercedes complained bitterly after the Azerbaijan GP about the level of the kicks. It pointed to the safety of the drivers and therefore the FIA decided to intervene. However, the "technical directive" seems to be only a disadvantage for Mercedes, while a team like Red Bull Racing (which doesn't peck much with its RB18) could just pull further away.
According to Wolff, the team bosses are trying to manipulate what is said to maintain a competitive advantage.