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Toto Wolff says he hopes the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix will have “enough repercussions that everybody is going to learn from it and adapt for the final race”.
The Saudi Arabian Grand Prix was full of incidents predominantly influenced by Max Verstappen’s dubious manoeuvers on the track.
Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff says he hopes there will be repercussions that will stop this kind of behaviour in the final race in Abu Dhabi.
“I would hope that this race has enough repercussions that everybody is going to learn from it and adapt for the final race,” the Austrian said after the race.
“I think that similar driving, if it were to be deemed by the stewards as over the line, would then probably also be penalised in Abu Dhabi, and that could well end in a messy situation for everybody.
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“And I don’t think that the championship has deserved a result which was influenced by a collision. I very much, in that case, trust in the self-regulating system.”
Wolff adds that the FIA not penalising Verstappen for pushing Lewis wide in the Brazilian Grand Prix, has opened the doors for him to attempt similar manoeuvers in Saudi Arabia.
“You know I said that, [in] Brazil, that we’re setting a precedent, if it’s not being investigated, that could end up really ugly for the championship.
“You’ve seen incidents today that were pretty much Brazil at slower speeds. And we don’t want to have that in Abu Dhabi.
“The quicker car with the quicker driver should win the championship, and not by taking each other off,” Wolff concluded.
