In full: Toto Wolff’s “completely ridiculous” rant in defence of the Las Vegas GP after drain cover drama
FP1 in Las Vegas was cut short after just eight minutes after 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz sustained damage from a drain cover.
Sainz pulled to the side of the track, resulting in a red flag peri𓃲od, which soon ended up in the session being cancelled.
What soon transpired was that the Ferrari went over a loose🐻 drain cover, completely destroying the floor of his car.
The same happened to Alpine’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Esteban Ocon, w🔜ith the Frenchman also requiri𒈔ng a chassis change.
It was naturally a hot topic in the FIA press conference as Ferrari boss Frederic Vꦉasseur vented his anger.
Similarly, Wolff was unhappy with a question from a reporter that suggested what happened in FP1 was a “black eye” for F1.
Afte😼r giving an initial response, Wolff was interrupted by a reporter, leading to a pas📖sionate rant from the Austrian.
“That is not a black eye,” he sღaid in reply to the first question. “This is nothing. We’re Thursday night, we have a free practice session that we’re not doing. They’re going to se꧋e the drain covers and no one is going to talk about it tomorrow morning anymore.”
Wolff's rant
“It’s completely ridiculous," he added. "Completely ridiculous. How can you even dare to talk bad about an event that sets the new sta💮ndards, new standards to everything.
“And then you’re speaking about a fuc**** drain cover that came undone that has happened before - it’s nothing, it’s FP1. Give credit to the people that have set up this grand prix, that have made this sport much bigger than it ever was. Have you ever spoken good about someone? And written a good word? You should talk about all these people that have bee𝓰n out there.
“L🌟iberty has done an awesome job and just because in FP1 and a drain cover has become undone we sho🧜uldn’t be moaning. The car is broken, that’s really a shame.
“For Carlos it could have been dangerous so between the FIA, the track and everybody needs to analyse how we can make sure this isꦆ not happening again but to talk about a black eye for the sport on Thursday evening… no one watches it on European time anyway. Come on!”
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