Toto Wolff’s ‘Dart’ at Monza: Remember Abu Dhabi 2021

Toto Wolff, head of the Mercedes F1 team, nothing is said to be free. He moves like a fish in water in the highest circles of power in F1 and is one of the main protagonists of the political games that so dominate this sport. Therefore, it can be glimpsed, after controversial final of F1’s Italian GPwith the public booing Race Direction for allowing testing to end after ‘Safety Car’True wolf take this moment to remember what happened in the controversial World Cup final that took place in Abu Dhabi 2021.

The Austrian leader did not miss the opportunity and threw a dart at the FIA ​​for what happened in the race that decided the title in favor of Verstappen.

“Race Management has been the subject of criticism, but this time they followed the rules. Maybe they could have done it a lap earlier or let George go (the safety followed a bad procedure because he was ahead of Russell), but they followed the rules and agreed to finish the race under the safety car . This is how it should be”

The dart is clear. ‘This time’ is not accidental. He recalled what happened in Abu Dhabi, where Toto Wolff himself asked the then race director, Michael Masi, to finish the test behind the safety car, something that had not happened since the appointment was relaunched there’s only one lap to go.

This time, in Italy, the slowness of the safety car coming out, some errors in the ‘Safety Car’ procedure, the time lost without allowing the cars to split, prevented the race from restarting when the safety car Ricciardo is ready. was removed from the track. Therefore, the Monza race ended after the ‘Safety Car’. It failed to apply the rule, but Wolff considers that at least “at this time” the goal is to follow the regulations.