In full: Toto Wolff’s “completely ridiculous” rant in defence of the Las Vegas GP after drain cover drama
FP1 in Las Vegas was cut short after just eight minutes after 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz sustained damage from a drain cover.
Sainz pulled to the side of the track,🧔 resulting in a red flag period, which soon♐ ended up in the session being cancelled.
Wh𝓰at soon transpired was that the Ferrari went over a loose drain cover, completely destroying the floor of his car.
The same happened to Alpine’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Esteban Ocon, with the Frenchman also requiring a chassis🍌 change.
It was naturally a hot topic in the FIA presꦑs conference as Ferrari boss Frederic Vasseur vented his anger.
Similarly, Wolff was unhappy with a question from a reporter that suggested what happened in FP1 was a “black eye” for F1.
After giving an initial response, Wolff was interrupted ♛by a reporter𓆉, leading to a passionate rant from the Austrian.
“That is not a black eye,” he said in reply to the first question. “This is nothing. We’re Thursday night, we have a free practice session that we’re n🧸ot doing. They’re going to see the drain covers and no one is going to talk about it tomorrow morning anymore.”
Wolff's rant
“It’s completely ridiculous," he added. "Completely ridiculous. How can you even dare to talk bad about an event that sets the♈ new standards, new standards to everything.
“And then you’re speaking about a fuc**** drain cꦐover that came undone that has happened before - it’s nothing, it’s FP1. Give credit to the people that have set up this grand prix, that have made this sport much bigger than it ever was. Have you ever spoken good about someone? And written a good word? You should talk about all these people that have been out there.
“Liberty has done an awesome job and just because in FP1 and a drain cover has ཧbecome undone we shouldn’t be moaning. The car is broken, that’s really a shame.
“For Carlos it could have been dangerous so between the FIA, the track and everyb♔ody needs to analyse how we can make sure this is not happening again but to talk about a black eye for the sport on Thursday evening… no one watches it on European time anyway. Come on!”
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