Wolff dismisses Verstappen's F1 record set at Italian Grand Prix "for Wikipedia"
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Toto Wolff has played down Max Verstappen’s record-breaking tenth Formula 1 victory by claiming “it is for Wikipedia”.
The Dutchman made history at Monza over the weekend as he once again ran out victorious. It is the first time in Formula 1 history that a driver has won ten consecutive races and it appears highly likely that it will lead him to yet another title.
Speaking about the historic achievement, Verstappen said: "I never would have believed that was possible but we had to work for it today and that made it definitely a lot more fun. We had good pace, I think we were good on the tyres but [Ferrari] had a lot of top speed, it was so hard to get close and get a move on into Turn One so I had to force him [Carlos Sainz Jr.] into a mistake."
Despite the huge achievement, Mercedes team boss Wolff has not been left particularly impressed by claiming “nobody reads” the Wikipedia pages listing the records. “Our situation was a little bit different because we had two guys fighting against each other within the team,” he said after the Italian Grand Prix.
“I don’t know if he cares about the records. It is not something that would be important for me, those numbers, it is for Wikipedia and nobody reads that anyway.”
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Whilst Verstappen and Red Bull enjoyed another hugely successful weekend, the same cannot be quite said of Mercedes. George Russell finished in fifth place, whilst Lewis Hamilton was one place behind after respective penalties.
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However, Wolff claimed that it was the best they could do having failed to match the pace set by Red Bull and Ferrari after penalties for both of the British drivers. “Lots of incidents but you need to be careful not to be too happy about a fifth and a sixth,” he added.
"I think we maximised what was in there today. I think both penalties you can justify so we are going to look at that and how we can prevent it in the future.”
Mercedes will be aiming to get back on the podium in just under a fortnight’s time at the Singapore Grand Prix. Mercedes had a disappointing performance at Marina Bay last term with Hamilton and Russell finishing ninth and 14th.
Verstappen also failed to get himself on the podium as he slumped to seventh and just under a minute behind teammate Sergio Perez. Wolff has suggested that Mercedes will aim to improve in Singapore.
“I think this is like Spa and Baku, I think we are actually getting better on the low-downforce tracks. Spa was worse,” he said. “So, Singapore comes towards our direction and there we have got to maximise it.”
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