2021 rule changes “clearly targeted” Mercedes, Toto Wolff doesn’t want the same for Red Bull
The FIA made significant changes to the floor area for the 2021 season after Mercedes dominateꦇd the previous season with their monstrous W11.
The W11 is widely regarded as the fastest F1 car in history, taking pole position at 16 of the 17 races that year, allowing 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton to take his seventh world title.
For 2021, the c🌸hange put Mercedes, and ot♔her low rake cars (like Racing Point) on the backfoot, while Red Bull benefitted.
Ultimately 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen went on to take his maiden F1 title a🌳t Hamilton’s expense.
"I think we probably lost🅺 the 2021 drivers' championships for many reasons,” Wolff said at Monza.
“One was the fꦚinal race. We also lost it because those regulations were set in place in order to reduce the advantage that we had. 2020 was a super dominant year for us. I think it was the best car we ever had.
“Towards the end of the season they changed the 𝓀regulations by cutting the floor out, and that was to stop us. You could see the result🤡s in 2021, we were not as competitive as Red Bull was, but in Silverstone we unlocked more potential of the car and got us back in the championship.
“But back in the day, these regs🐓 were clearly targeted ꦆto re-establish the pecking order.”
Despite the FIA targeting Mercedes in the past, Wolff is firmly against them doing the same with Red Bull, despite Versꦇtappen winning the last nin🧔e races in a row.
"As a team principal I don't want to jump on a bandwagon that others have done in the past, of saying 'we need to change the regulations because we can't continue with the dominance of a team'. If a team iꦍn a way dominates in a way Max has done with Red Bull, then🍎 fair do's. This is a meritocracy," he added.
"As long as you comply to the regulations, technical, sporting and financial, you just nꦗeed to say well done. It is up to us to catch up and if that takes a long time, then it takes a long time.
"I remember people crying foul when it was us. Entertainment follows sport and not the other way around.🉐 We cannot beꦑ WWE, scripted content. We don't want to be scripted content."
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