“Nothing wrong has been done,” Toto Wolff rubbishes Max Verstappen’s ‘unfair overtaking’ accusation on Lewis Hamilton

Toto Wolff feels Lewis Hamilton did fair racing at the 2023 Australian Grand Prix.

“Nothing wrong has been done,” Toto Wolff rubbishes Max Verstappen’s ‘unfair overtaking’ accusation on Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton, Max VEerstappen, and Toto Wolff

Toto Wolff, the Mercedes Team Principal, had made it known, that Lewis Hamilton did not do anything wrong when overtook Max Verstappen on the first lap of the race. According to Wolff, what happened between Hamilton and Verstappen on the first lap at Albert Park was fair racing in which the former was able to get the better of the Dutchman.

Toto Wolff was recently made aware of the comments of Max Verstappen and Christian Horner about Lewis Hamilton, and Wolff while replying, said, “We have had many discussions about the race rules in the past, but I think that nothing wrong has been done here, as some say.” The Austrian has indirectly bashed the Red Bull duo of Verstappen and Horner for criticizing Hamilton for making a precise move on the 25-year-old at the Australian Grand Prix.

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When the race at Albert Park got going, George Russell got off to a better start in comparison to Max Verstappen and was able to secure the lead on the first lap of the race. Moreover, as the Dutchman was looking to regain the lead, he lost sight of Lewis Hamilton, who, out of nowhere, made his move heading into Turn 3.

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It was deemed as fair racing by many people up and down the paddock, but the Red Bull F1 team was not very pleased by it. Moreover, Verstappen, after the race, even on to say, “For my part, I just tried to avoid the touch. It is quite clear in the rules what is allowed to do now when you go on the outside, but also It is clear that it is not fulfilled.”

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Toto Wolff wants to see improvement at the Mercedes F1 team

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The mighty Mercedes team of the good old days has been nowhere to be seen since the end of the 2021 F1 season. The Brackley-based team struggled immensely during 2022, and their W14 this year has not been able to keep up with the pace of Red Bull’s RB19. Toto Wolff is worried for his team for the remainder of the campaign.

While shedding light on the pace difference between Mercedes and Red Bull after the Australian GP, he said, “The straight-line advantage they have with DRS on is really incredible. But that’s how this series is if they have such a fast car on the straight because they’re doing things right, then it’s up to us to figure out the reason and find the tools to improve the performance.” straight-line performance.”

Toto Wolff has urged his team to look for solutions and try their best to find ways in order to extract more performance from the W14 machinery. Both George Russell and Lewis Hamilton have complained about the performance of the car this year, and taking into account everything that has happened so far in the season, would the Mercedes F1 team be able to fight Red Bull for the 2023 F1 World Championship?

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