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 Mercꦡedes.
Toto Wolff has admitted his radio message to 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell in the F1 Austrian Grand Prix was the “single dumbest thing I’ve done” during his time at𓆏 Mercedꦆes.
Russell took advantage of of a collision between race leaders 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris to claim 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 “y﷽ou can win this”. Russell responded by requesting Wolff to “let him drive”.
Explaining his interaction with Russell after the race,ꩲ Wolff said he will be “forever ashamed” by the timing🐷 of his message.
“I think I know the drivers pretty well and what they need at times to encourage or to refocus, because I spend so m🅺uch 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 ashamed 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 buওtton and said ‘we can win this’. I could have taken him o𒊎ut with that message! Imagine how that could have felt.
“I’m emotional🐠. I enjoy us doing well and I enj൩oy seeing Lewis and George doing well. I was just carried away with that situation, but seriously, embarrassing!”
Russell said he “almo🀅st crashed” when Wolff told him that he could win the racꦇe.
"On those hard tyres for me w💜as pretty difficult. 💛And then suddenly I had Toto screaming in my ear, "you can win this!” Russell said.
"I almost crashed when he screamed into my ears, it was that loud, but I think it just goes to show the passion that we🌟 all share.
"It's obviously been a tough couple of years for us, so it💫 feels great to be back on the top step."
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