Toto Wolff mocks Fernando Alonso for mid-race gesture: “He’s great”

Toto Wolff, Mercedes Team Principal, don’t hesitate to laugh Fernando Alonso in the middle of the race, when the television cameras of the international television production focused on him, in clear reference to an action of the player of Oviedo that the Austrian did not like.

Toto Wolff made with his hands the gesture of turning the steering wheel several times, imitating what Fernando Alonso did just a moment ago, when he met Hamilton on pit road.

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That was lap 12. Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso came to the pits side by side. They went in to change a tire taking advantage of the ‘Safety Car’ exit. The Aston Martin’s stop is 9 tenths faster than the Mercedes’, so ALonso can beat Lewis on garage street. However, the British came out with everything and closed the door on Alonso. “I had to stop!” Alonso exclaimed on the radio after moving the steering wheel from side to side when braking his car.

Alonso requested an ‘unsafe release’, a penalty that would be applied to cars that leave their pit stop area in a dangerous manner.

However, Alonso would pass Hamilton a few laps later and only after the FIA ​​announced that it would not penalize the 7-time F1 champion.

Wolff’s language

After the race, Wolff spoke about his actions imitating Alonso: “It’s a little dramatic, the steering wheel shakes a little and the brakes tap a little…he’s good at that…a little drama.”the Austrian pointed out about Fernando.

Hamilton also made a note on ‘DAZN F1’. “As he gets older, his reaction time slows down,” he jokingly noted between laughs.

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