Toto Wolff unhappy with Turn 1 precedent and points finger at Red Bull

Toto Wolff unhappy with Turn 1 precedent after Kimi Antonelli-🌌Oscar Piastri incident.

Oscar Piastri and Kimi Antonelli go wheel-to-wheel
Oscar Piastri and Kimi Antonelli go wheel-to-wheel

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff believes F1 is setting a bad precedent by allowing Turn 1 tactics at the start of races t🍌o go unpunished. 

Polesitter 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Kimi Antonelli dropped from the lead to fourth at the start of the Miami Grand Prix sprint race when he ran wide in a battle with McLaren’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Oscar Piastri at the first corner.

Antonelli claimed Piastri had pushed ꧙him wide at Turn 1 as he lost crucial early ground. The incident was noted by the stewards but they decided against investigating the matter further.

Mercedes team princi𓄧pal Wolff has taken issue with the current guidelines - which prioritise a driver on the inside being ahead at the apex.

“I don’t think we are setting good precedents,” Wᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚꦚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚolff told Sky Sports F1.

“You are just releasing the brake and then you are just pushing the other guy off. It’s for the junior formulas also, I t🎐hink you need to leave a c🎶ar’s space.

“It’s kind of crept in, Turn 1, you push them out. It’s Kimi’s sixth race and he’s learnt a lesson that this is what you need to do. I don’t entirely agree with that but that’s hꦕow we’ve allowed it for a few years now.”

Speaking to Sky Sports F1, a frustrated Antonelli sarcastically said it was “good to know” what is allowed at the first cor𝓀ner on the opening lap.

"It was a great opportunity; I'm a bit annoyed about lap one with how it went,💜” he said. "It seems like it's like this, that you can do basically whatever you 💯want, so it's good to know for the future.

"Definitely i💦t's a shame, but luckily we have a qualifying to bounce back."

Toto Wolff hits out at Red Bull’s ‘lack of judgement’

Antonelli’s race was ultimately ruined when the F1 rookie collided with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen after he was unsafely released by his Red𒐪 Bull crew in the pitlane.

The incident forced Antonelli to take evasive action which meant he had to continue down the pi𒆙tlane and missed his own pit stop.

Antonelli ultimately finished outside of the points in 10th, while Verstappen was 17th after being hit with a🌜 10-second time penalty😼.

Wolff accused Red Bull of a “total lack of judgement”, while Red Bull co🌳unterpart Christian Horner admi﷽tted “human error” was to blame.

“If it was the main race that would have been seriously annoying,”♛ Wolff said.

“But I’m surprised the total lack of judgement there. It wasn’t even clꦍose with re𒉰leasing without any security concerns. Somebody panicked there.” 

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