Verstappen unleashes the wrath of Toto Wolff: “He annoyed George by slowing him down”

In the last corner before the main straight of the Monza circuit, the parabolic, Verstappen braked enough to stay too close to Antonelli and ruin the team’s slipstream game. Toto Wolff. This has meant losing enough thousandths for them to Pierre Gasly took the pole from them at the last moment. “We hoped to get pole, we had the car for itbut in the end Max was very clever, he basically screwed up George by slowing him down. “Kimi was very close and George was close to Max,” Wolff explained to DAZN.

We were able to see again anger emerges in the Mercedes team leader as we had seen so many times in the past. Directing this feeling at his screen, which he ended up hitting a couple of times. Having won 8 constructors’ championships in a row with the star brand, the German clearly wants more if he can get them, and the stones on his way to increasing his record are not welcome.

Despite the anger, it is clear that it has been a momentary thingsince immediately after finishing he could already be seen almost flattering Verstappen, saying that he had been “very intelligent” and surprised by Pierre Gasly and Alpine. “They have done a great job, their car has no resistance on the straight and is a rocket”.

George Russell He has also hinted that Verstappen has harmed him: “Max has caused some problems at Parabolica opening his turn and, in retrospect, it would have been better without it (the turn).”

Of course, he knows that second position with a car that is not a rival for the title ahead is not a bad position to start from, as he also explained to the DAZN microphones. “I think we can fight for victory, I felt good. My goal is to win tomorrow’s race, even more so than today’s pole”.

Max Verstappen may have ruined an idyllic Saturday for them and made them the Toto Wolff screen took the brunt of the German’s wrath, but Mercedes continues to find itself in a privileged position ahead of tomorrow’s race in Monza.